Agriculture, Industry, Trade, Technology & Skills

To improve delivery of services through technology, enhancing trade, and reaping demographic dividend India needs to invest in better understanding of challenges and opportunities in trade, technology, and skilling. Additionally, quicker development of the agricultural and allied rural sectors continues to remain a priority for achieving the objectives of higher growth and poverty reduction through better income and employment opportunities.

Subscription-based Platforms: Designing payouts for social welfare in the States Platform Workers…

The Code on Social Security, 2020, effective from 21.11.2025, recognizes gig and platform workers and mandates soci…

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Op-Eds

India needs dynamic social registries

A well-designed social registry, containing comprehensive household information, can address the ever-changing stat…

Event

National Workshop on Assessing Indirect and Intangible Benefits of Irrigation Projects

NCAER organised a National Workshop on March 17, 2026, at its campus in New Delhi, to deliberate on the assessm…

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Event

NCAER Reports Launch 2025 : Food Delivery Platform Sector

As part of the NCAER Gig Economy Initiative, on December 18, 2025, the NCAER released two reports on the food d…

Project

Impact Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Rural connectivity plays a pivotal role in driving socio-economic transformation in agrarian economies like India, …

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Subscription-based Platforms: Designing payouts for social welfare in the States Platform Workers Welfare Board

India needs dynamic social registries

National Workshop on Assessing Indirect and Intangible Benefits of Irrigation Projects

NCAER Reports Launch 2025 : Food Delivery Platform Sector

Impact Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Publications

Op-Eds

20 August 2026

When El Niño hits the farm, inflation follows: Why irrigation matters for rural resilience

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

El Niño can set off a chain from rainfall shocks and crop losses to lower farm incomes, higher food prices and weaker…

Op-Eds

29 July 2026

India needs to rethink the way it approaches environmental compensation

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

As the country enters an era of unprecedented infrastructure expansion and climate uncertainty, the real measure of success will not be how…

Books & Reports

13 July 2026

Impact Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

Bornali Bhandari, Laxmi Joshi, Nijara Deka + 10

Rural road connectivity is a foundational input for inclusive economic growth and social development. By improving physical access to markets, schools, health…

Op-Eds

13 July 2026

Industrial renewal in the East: Why West Bengal matters again

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Once among India’s foremost manufacturing and trading centres, the eastern state of West Bengal gradually ceded ground to western and southern states…

Events