Budget maintained fiscal balance, says CEA V Anantha Nageswaran"One of the reasons why allocation for MGNREGS was lowered is because there is a much larger substantive increase in allocation in particul...
07 Feb, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
India's quarterly GDP contraction to end in December quarter: NCAERThe think tank pared its forecast of gross domestic product (GDP) growth during the ongoing fiscal to -7.3% compared to -12.6% in September...
21 Dec, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
India is expected to grow at 1.3% in the current fiscal: NCAER ReportAccording to the NCAER’s Quarterly Review of the Economy (QRE), the first quarter is likely to have witnessed a 26% contraction. The estima...
25 Jun, 2020, 08.56 PM IST
View: Beyond the lockdown bendThe society has adjusted, at least somewhat, to this new normal. Although economic activities remain shut, the proportion of respondents wh...
29 Apr, 2020, 11.10 PM IST
Timely weather forecast to farmers led to Rs 42,000 crore profit: Minister for Science, Harsh Vardhan"Timely" weather forecast services to 11.5 million peasants resulted in economic profit worth Rs 42,000 crore during 2015, Harsh Vardhan sa...
28 Jan, 2016, 06.28 PM IST
Report on quantum of black money under examination: Finance MinistryFinal reports of NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM were received on December 30, 2013, July 18, 2014 and August 21, 2014, respectively, the Ministry sa...
03 Jan, 2016, 09.23 AM IST
Nandan Nilekani and wife gift Rs 50 crore to NCAERNilekani is a co-founder of the country's leading IT firm Infosys, and the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
18 Dec, 2013, 04.17 PM IST
Poke Me: Do four Delhi think tanks matter disproportionately in India?The four key think tanks of Delhi have finished a generation change in leadership, and are now a lab where new processes for academic insti...
20 Jun, 2013, 05.28 PM IST
- Sea level rise not causing major erosion: Govt
The rise in sea level by 1.29 millimetre every year along the Indian coastline has not caused any major erosion, science and technology and...
30 Apr, 2012, 02.15 PM IST
- Government to set up census labs to better channelise social welfare funds
The laboratory would allow policymakers and researchers to determine the root causes of socio-economic problems, such as unemployment and p...
16 Mar, 2012, 07.04 AM IST
- NCAER lowers growth forecast
The mid-year review released by the India International centre, in collaboration with the National Council for Applied Economic Research, l...
06 Nov, 2011, 12.34 AM IST
- India's middle class population to touch 267 million in 5 yrs
The Indian middle class, target consumers for many companies, is expected to swell up to 267 million people in the next five years.
06 Feb, 2011, 11.18 AM IST
- NCAER, CMIE cut growth forecast
Economic think tanks National Council For Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and CMIE on Thursday slashed the country’s GDP growth projectio...
17 Oct, 2008, 01.48 AM IST
- India Inc pulling out all stops to curb AIDS
The battle against HIV/AIDS, in its new avataar, has moved to the next level.
31 Mar, 2007, 03.25 AM IST
- Posco could save over Rs 10,700 crore in tax
On an annual basis, this means the Centre and state governments could lose a total of Rs 300 crore from the Posco project, that proposes to...
22 Dec, 2006, 03.49 AM IST
- SEZ tag may help Posco save Rs 10,718 cr in tax’
Korean steel major Posco would save Rs 10,718 crore in tax revenues on its Indian investment plans.
18 Dec, 2006, 12.15 AM IST
- NCAER ridicules CMP
A leading economic think tank on Wednesday termed the UPA government's Common Minimum Programme as a "plenitude of promises" saying mere im...
23 Jun, 2004, 02.56 PM IST