National Council of Applied Economic Research
Uttarakhand has been performing very well with respect to the educational outcomes. Its educational parameters have been better than the national averages since the inception of the state. However, in order to improve further, the state needs to frame strategic investment policies which requires a comprehensive knowledge of the financing system of education in the... Read More
Tourism is clearly an important activity in Uttarakhand in view of its immense contribution to both revenue generation as well as employment creation in the State. It is in this context that the present study, NCAER undertook this study to prepare a Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for quantifying the economic value of tourism in terms... Read More
One of the central objectives of the study on RGSA by NCAER is to assess the level of implementation and to evaluate if the scheme has been able to enhance the capabilities of Panchayats for inclusive local governance with focus on optimal utilisation of accessible resources and convergence to other schemes for addressing issues of... Read More
This NCAER study started at the request of Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in 2018 is part of the Working Group initiative in which six pilot districts were selected for preparing District Strategic Plans based on local research and extensive stakeholder consultation. The six districts included Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra,... Read More
This NCAER study started at the request of Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in 2018 is part of the Working Group initiative in which six pilot districts were selected for preparing District Strategic Plans based on local research and extensive stakeholder consultation. The six districts included Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra,... Read More
This NCAER study started at the request of Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in 2018 is part of the Working Group initiative in which six pilot districts were selected for preparing District Strategic Plans based on local research and extensive stakeholder consultation. The six districts included Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra,... Read More
Financial inclusion, or empowerment of all citizens with access to financial resources through formal financial institutions and systems, has been advocated by many as an effective vehicle for economic development and poverty alleviation. Microfinance has emerged as a major instrument of meeting the needs of lower income households by linking them to the financial resources... Read More
The NCAER Land Record & Services Index, N-LRSI 2020-21 is the second edition of the Index, based on NCAER's Land Policy Initiative, which has been supported by Omidyar Network India, through its Property Rights Research Consortium initiative which aims to enable evidence-based solutions for securing land, housing and property rights in India. It provides a... Read More
The NCAER Land Record & Services Index, N-LRSI 2020-21 is the second edition of the Index, based on NCAER's Land Policy Initiative, which has been supported by Omidyar Network India, through its Property Rights Research Consortium initiative which aims to enable evidence-based solutions for securing land, housing and property rights in India. It provides a... Read More
This approach paper was written on behalf of Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office. It provides a novel methodological framework to evaluate prioritization of infrastructure projects. Given scarce resources available for investments, which infrastructure project should get prioritized first, remains a key question for policymakers. In this report, we develop an idea to compute a novel index... Read More
