National Council of Applied Economic Research
The study examine the mobility of households with respect to time-independence, positional movement, and directional income, consumption and assets movement using transition matrices. Transition matrices are most intuitive tools to comprehend mobility and are based on Shorrock’s (1978) measures of mobility. Economic mobility is a significant consequence of income inequality and growth. In this paper,... Read More
The main objective of this paper is to estimate the technical, economic and allocative efficiency of Indian agricultural farmers in both cross section and panel years of 1982, 1999 and 2007 using the production and cost frontier model. This has been estimated for crops such as paddy, wheat, serials, pulses, oil seeds and other crops... Read More
This paper models the behavior of states in a federal country wising to attract foreign firms to locate within their own individual jurisdictions. The essential intertemporal character of this decision is modeled as a multi-stage game to attract such foreign investment in these states. It is found that, when states with unequal political or economic... Read More
The aim of this study, commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism, was to prepare the Second Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for India for 2009–10. The TSA is a set of 10 comprehensive tourism-specific tables/ accounts, which are prepared following international guidelines. These tables help in estimating the contribution of tourism to the Indian economy with... Read More
Business Expectations Business Confidence Sees No Recovery Report India’s Tourism Satellite Account External Allure of Gold
The study examines the economic impact of the Delhi and Hyderabad international airports on the national and regional economies in terms of contribution to income and employment. A passenger survey was also carried out in both the airports covering more than 4,000 passengers to capture their profiles. In case of Delhi International Airport, we found... Read More
NCAER is privileged to present the Mid- Year Review for the second successive year in partnership with the India International Centre. Higher inflation and slower industrial growth became persistent features of the Indian economy in 2012–13 following their prominent appearance in 2011–12. Both the fiscal deficit and the current account deficit worsened considerably. The global... Read More
The Quarterly Agricultural Outlook provides an overview of agricultural trends both globally and at the national level. Agriculture continues to be critical to India’s economy given its role in meeting the food and fibre needs of over a billion people and providing livelihoods to millions of households in rural areas. India is a major producer... Read More
The key objective of the study is to assess the economic benefits of five different services provided by the Ministry of Earth Science. These services are aviation meteorological services, marine water desalination, ornamental fish culture, lobster and crab fattening. The study outlines a ‘technology policy’ for seawater desalination considering environmental and ecological factors. It also analyses... Read More
This report highlights the vital role of the Indian Railways in the network mode of transportation, given that it will cater to an estimated 2036 billion passenger kilometres by 2020. To bridge the survey gap of detailed profiling (95 per cent of railway passengers travel in non- reserved category), a household survey of two distinct... Read More
