National Council of Applied Economic Research
NCAER’s Mid-Year Review of the Indian Economy (MYR) presents the most comprehensive, independent assessment of the Indian economy. The 2020-21 Review has been published in a longstanding partnership with the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the global economy and India is no exception.... Read More
This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre based on the findings from the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study. This particular Brief on health insurance suggests that despite rising insurance coverage in recent years, individuals are not often aware of their entitlements and do not avail of the... Read More
This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre. Based on the findings from the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey, Rounds 1 and 2, this particular Brief is set in the backdrop of the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent loss of incomes and livelihoods... Read More
Do agglomeration-based spillovers impact firms more than the technical know-how obtained through inter-firm collaboration? Quantifying the effect of these treatments on firm performance can be valuable for policy-makers as well as managers/entrepreneurs. I observe the universe of Indian MSMEs inside an industrial cluster but with no collaboration (Treatment Group 1), those in collaboration with other... Read More
Since its inception in December 2017, the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre has been promoting methodological research in methods of data collection to capture better quality data and strengthen the data ecosystem in India. As part of NDIC’s mandate to build a community of innovators in the data sphere, one of its activities was to... Read More
This study was undertaken by NCAER on request of the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to evaluate the key industry characteristics, its competitiveness, and its employment potential. The study provides a comprehensive map of G&J clusters in each industry segment based on the number of units and workers. The NCAER team surveyed a... Read More
Since its inception in December 2017, the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre has been promoting methodological research in data collection for strengthening India’s data ecosystem. As part of NDIC’s mandate to build a community of innovators in the data sphere, student-faculty paired teams are awarded small grants every year to develop and test innovative data... Read More
The Government of India launched the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme in January 2015. The key objectives of the scheme are to: (i) prevent gender-biased sex-selective elimination; (ii) ensure the survival and protection of the girl child; and (iii) promote education and participation of the girl child. The Ministry of Women and Child Development... Read More
This project jointly conducted by NCAER and the Tata Centre for Development at UChicago, studies the health and livelihood implications of a particular riverine community, that is, fisher folk, along selected polluted stretches of the Ganga river. The study conducted in two phases entails conduction of water experiments using censors, along with in-person interviews and... Read More
This NCAER study examines the economic benefits of investments made by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) and High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities and their role in improving the accuracy of monsoonal rainfall predictions. The study finds that improvements in weather forecasts, disseminated by India Meteorological Department, have resulted in... Read More
