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High-frequency indicators reveal that the domestic economy has remained resilient, but the “outlook remains softer” due to moderation in a couple of indicators, National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said in its monthly economic review for August 2024.

India’s growth likely to be closer to 7.5% in FY25: NCAER DG Poonam Gupta

Budget guidance on fiscal restraint is likely to keep the economy in good stead.

Poonam Gupta appointed as convenor of 5-member Advisory Council to 16th Finance Commission

The Advisory Council will help broaden the sixteenth Finance Commission's ambit and understanding by seeking the best national and international practices on matters pertaining to fiscal devolution.

Demand for work under MGNREGA jumps 48.8% month-on-month in April

Employment indicators showed mixed trends. The number of net new subscribers under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation increased year-on-year.

The many messages from NCAER’s report on food delivery gig workers

Decline in real wages of food delivery workers and around a third of them holding graduate degrees reveal a dire unemployment situation. Instead of blaming platforms for the condition of gig workers, governments must facilitate manufacturing, skilling, basic safety nets and quality education

More than a third of food delivery workers in India are graduates, finds study

'They are very highly educated... One person had even been the head of a polytechnic institute,' said Bornali Bhandari, a professor at NCAER and lead researcher of the study.

Former MPC member Mridul Saggar joins NCAER

Saggar also served as the executive director of the Reserve Bank of India and his stint ended on April 30

India expected to grow 10% during current fiscal: NCAER

India has done rather well during the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily because of the rapid pace of vaccination, Gupta said, adding, 'Currently, ensuring rapid and widespread vaccination is the best pro-growth policy that any country can implement.'

Indian economy may grow 8.4-10.1% in current financial year: NCAER

Releasing its quarterly review of the economy, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has pitched for strong fiscal support to push economic growth.

Cross-border trade can pave the way for peace, exchange of ideas: Jeff Hammer

Senior NCAER fellow, and health and development economist Jeff Hammer shares notes on South Asia, why there's no one he can advise on peace between India and Pakistan and his own experiences living in the Subcontinent.

Business confidence improves with rollout of vaccines: NCAER

The proportion of respondents expecting that ''overall economic conditions will improve in the next six months'' increased by 4.8 percentage points, from 29.8 per cent in 2020–21:Q2 to 34.6 per cent in 2020–21:Q3, said the NCAER''s Business Expectations Survey (BES).

Need 3-5% additional public expenditure to help growth stay in positive terrain: NCAER

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on May 12 announced the raising of spending to Rs 20 lakh crore or about 10 percent of India's GDP, to help the economy get back on its feet after weeks of coronavirus lockdown.

Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra top land records and services index

Madhya Pradesh got 74.9 points, followed by Odisha (67.5 points), Maharashtra (65.3 points), Chhattisgarh (64.1 points) and Tamil Nadu (63 points).

NCAER business confidence index dips 12.9% in July over April

The decline in the N-BCI on a year-on-year basis works out to be 15.9 percent, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said in a statement.

Finance Ministry sends black money reports to Parliamentary panel

The studies, commissioned by the previous UPA regime, were conducted by the Delhi-based National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad.

Investors prefer 'call' over internet to trade: Sebi survey

When it comes to stock trading, a vast majority of 78 percent investors in India continue to "call in" their trades, while just 22 percent use internet to place their trades despite a growing dependence on online technology, a Sebi survey showed today.

After Kharif, India set to reap record Rabi crops: NCAER

As per the NCAER's report on the short-term agricultural outlook for the 2017 Rabi season, Gross Value Added (GVA) in agriculture and allied sector registered a significant 3.3 per cent year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2016-17 as compared to 1.8 per cent growth in the previous quarter.

NCAER lowers GDP growth forecast to 6.9 pc for FY17

After RBI and IMF, economic think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has lowered the country's growth forecast to 6.9 per cent for the current fiscal on account of demonetisation.

Economy likely to grow at 7.6% in 2016-17: NCAER

The manufacturing sector is also giving positive signals with Purchasers' Managers Index, Index of Industrial Production for core sectors and auto sales going up.

AP CM-Jaganmohan slugfest on blackmoney issue reaches PM Modi

Jagan's letter came a day after Chandrababu indirectly sought to imply that the YSRC leader declared an income of Rs 10,000 crore under the Income Declaration Scheme.

Cos' business confidence index grows 2.2% in June quarter

Economic think-tank NCAER's business confidence index (BCI) registered a sequential increase of 2.2 percent in June quarter of 2016-17, mainly driven by improvement in perception about economic conditions and financial position of firms in the next six months.

Indian economy likely to grow at 7.4 pc in FY16: NCAER

According to the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) report, prospects for agriculture sector in 2015-16 remain weak owing to poor monsoon rainfall for the second year in a row.

Business sentiment revives in Q2: NCAER

"The 94th round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out in September 2015 shows a revival of business sentiments after the Business Confidence Index (BCI) fell for two consecutive quarters.

Emirates aims 85 mn passenger traffic from India by 2020

According to a report released by the India Brand Equity Foundation earlier this year, India is expected to become the third-largest aviation market in the world by 2020 from the ninth-largest currently.

NCAER predicts economic growth at 7.5% this fiscal

"Lower inflation because of lower commodity prices and lower food inflation may spur demand. "The indicators from the first quarter indicates that agriculture, industry and services are continuing to grow at same or similar rates as last quarter," National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said.