NCAER in the News

Opinion: Jyoti Thakur. While global unemployment dips, South Asia grapples with declining labour force participation and widening job gap that put a generation at risk. The world has encountered a series of extraordinary events in the last five years that transformed everyday life and economic activity. The COVID-19 pandemic was such an event that brought...   Read More

Highlights

  • Greece Financial Crisis

      ग्रीस के आर्थिक संकट को लेकर चिंता की लकीरें पूरी दुनिया में दिखाई पड़ी हैं। भारत पर इसका बहुत ज्यादा असर शायद न पड़े, लेकिन ग्रीस के इस संकट में बहुत सारे सबक जरूर हैं, जिनमें भारत ही नहीं, दुनिया के तमाम देशों के पास सीखने लायक बहुत कुछ है। लेकिन इन बातों पर...   Read More

  • NCAER’s Business Confidence Index falls sharply in the fourth quarter of 2014-15

    Press Release Highlights of NCAER’s most recent Business Expectation Survey for Quarter 4 2014-15 The 92nd round of Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in March 2015 reveals that business sentiment has fallen sharply.  The BCI decreased by 6.9 per cent over the previous quarter. All components of BCI declined between January and April 2015....   Read More

  • Business confidence falls sharply in March quarter: Survey

    NEW DELHI: Business sentiment fell sharply in the March quarter due to concerns over investment climate amid "patchy" and "uneven growth" said a survey today. "The 92nd round of Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in March 2015 reveals that business sentiment has fallen sharply. The BCI decreased by 6.9 per cent over the previous quarter" said a...   Read More

  • Inflation targeting is not a good idea

    This article published in BusinessLine is written by Dr Kanhaiya Singh a Senior Fellow at NCAER. The Centre and the Reserve Bank of India signed an agreement on February 20 2015 which intends to put in place the inflation targeting framework (ITF) as the preferred monetary policy approach to be operated by the RBI. The...   Read More

  • Smoking kills – in India too

    The following article in The Hindu is written by Sonalde Desai a Senior Fellow at NCAER & Professor of Sociology at University of Maryland and Debasis Barik an Associate Fellow at NCAER. The article features important evidence gathered from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted periodically by NCAER in collaboration with the University of...   Read More

  • The elusive quest for freedom

    The following article in The Hindu by its the National Data Editor Rukmini S features important evidence gathered from the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted periodically by NCAER in collaboration with the University of Maryland. IHDS is India’s only national longitudinal panel data set and provides considerable opportunities for researchers to generate high quality...   Read More

  • Railway Budget: Missed opportunity for big-bang reforms

    This article published in  Deccan Herald is written by Dr Saurabh Bandyopadhyay an Associate Fellow at NCAER. The expectations of a huge policy-based turnaround in the Railway Budget proposal for 2015-16 has turned out to be dismal in substance. The Indian Railways (IR) is a distinctively Indian institution with an amazing legacy and record that the...   Read More

  • Proposed gas price pooling policy of NDA government to boost GDP by up to 0.88%

    NEW DELHI: The proposed gas price pooling policy of the government is expected to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.50-0.88 per cent says a study. "The gas price pooling policy would lead to an increase in GDP of 0.50 per cent or Rs 69431 crore with a plant load factor of 30 per...   Read More

  • Proposed gas price pooling to boost GDP by up to 0.88%

    The proposed gas price pooling policy of the government is expected to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.50-0.88 per cent says a study. "The gas price pooling policy would lead to an increase in GDP of 0.50 per cent or Rs 69431 crore with a plant load factor of 30 per cent 0.7 per...   Read More

  • Press Release: NCAER's Gas Price Pooling Policy Study for the power  sector indicates net positive benefits to the economy,  but also reflects difficult fiscal choices

    NCAER the National Council of Applied Economic Research has conducted a timely study evaluating the benefits and costs of pooling the price of domestic and imported natural gas for the power sector.  The research study was sponsored by GMR Energy Limited. The proposed gas price pooling policy would pool the existing limited supply of domestic...   Read More