National Council of Applied Economic Research
Opinion: Sanjib Pohit. Focus on grid balancing, optimal storage capacity and spatial distribution of power demand is needed. The success of India’s net zero pledge by 2070 rests heavily on India’s successful energy transition in the power sector, as it is responsible for more than 50 per cent of emission. So, India has gone all... Read More
Three members of a Dalit family in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar were killed one of them decapitated before being thrown into a dry well in Jawkhede Khalsa village on the night of October 20. The investigation is still on and the jury out on whether it was an act of caste violence or the result of a... Read More
The underlying purpose of trade agreements is to obtain access to resources and markets that help in increasing the value and volume of trade. This adds to the domestic income. Traditionally trade agreements are evaluated for their trade creation and diversion effects among the member countries based on the trade values. However national earnings are... Read More
An upper-caste Gujarati family who ran a grocery shop in the US wanted to know the name of the Indian sitting next to them in a private van in Pennsylvania. When his name did not reveal his caste they probed further and asked for his surname. He said he was South Indian and didn't have... Read More
Sixty-four years after caste untouchability was abolished by the Constitution more than a fourth of Indians say they continue to practise it in some form in their homes the biggest ever survey of its kind has revealed. Those who admit to practising untouchability belong to virtually every religious and caste group including Muslims Scheduled Castes... Read More
New numbers shed light on what the typical Indian marriage looks like I wrote last week on inter-caste marriage and how just five per cent of women in the National Council of Applied Economic Research’s (NCAER) pan-India survey said that theirs had been an inter-caste marriage. The numbers got me thinking about arranged marriage... Read More
30 per cent of rural and 20 per cent of urban households said they practised untouchability Just five per cent of Indians said they had married a person from a different caste says the first direct estimate of inter-caste marriages in India. The India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted by the National Council... Read More
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered India's GDP growth forecast to 5 per cent in the current financial year on weak economical fundamentals and uncertainties in growth prospects. The economic think-tank in its earlier projection had suggested that the Indian economy was likely to grow at 5.7 per... Read More
Fundamentals of economy remain weak with uncertainties prevailing India’s economic recovery is still elusive according to economic think-tank NCAER which forecast a slower GDP growth this financial year unlike other forecasts including that of government. In its mid-year review of the economy for this financial year NCAER said GDP growth would be... Read More
With an uncertain global outlook much work is still ahead The India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi has been organising an annual mid-year review of the Indian economy for a long time in collaboration with different research institutions each year. This year's edition was presented by the National Council of Applied Economic Research... Read More
In its mid-year review of the economy the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered its 2014-15 growth forecast for India to 5 per cent. In July the think-tank had put out a growth forecast of 5.7 per cent. The projection of a slowdown is despite the 5.7 per-cent growth in the first... Read More
