“India faces a gap between its infrastructure investment needs and the finance available. Patient, long-term capital such as sovereign wealth funds will be essential to bridging it.” Mr. Suresh Goyal, Director General, NCAER, said at the 99th Perspectives Lecture of the School of Public Policy and Governance, @PolicyTiss Hyderabad, on Friday. Key takeaways: → Infrastructure Investment Trusts, regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (@SEBI_updates), let governments and developers recycle capital from operating assets into new projects. → They give institutional and retail investors access to stable, infrastructure-backed cash flows, as seen in the National Highways Infra Trust (which Mr. Goyal set up and led). → The InvIT market has grown rapidly, but India’s infrastructure financing gap remains wide. → Evolving public-private partnership models need contractual safeguards that balance investor returns with public accountability. Watch our podcast episode to learn more: youtube.com/watch?v=tpDapezI… #InfrastructureFinance #AssetMonetisation

After four consecutive quarters of moderation, mainly due to prolonged geopolitical tensions, business sentiment improved in Q2 FY2026-27 ahead of the festive season. The Business Confidence Index (BCI), a measure of business sentiments, rose from 99.8 in Q1 to 107.8 in Q2, according to the latest NCAER Business Expectations Survey. Read here: ncaer.org/publication/the-nc… @BornaliBhandari | Ajaya Sahu | Isha Dayal | Kemparajeurs Subbarajeurs

NCAER welcomes Mr. Pranavant. We are delighted to welcome Mr. Pranavant as Head - Program Management at the Centre for Economics of Transportation, Mobility and Logistics (CETML), effective 19 October 2026. With nearly four decades of experience in transport infrastructure, financing, and urban mobility, he brings deep expertise and leadership to the Centre. We look forward to his contributions in strengthening the Centre's work and expanding its impact.

The Sixteenth Finance Commission has recommended grants totalling Rs. 7.91 lakh crore for duly constituted rural and urban local bodies for the period 2026–27 to 2030–31. NCAER faculty member @sauban_10 argues that the Union Finance Commission must ensure continuity and predictability in local body financing while leveraging its financial support to strengthen State Finance Commissions. Read more: ncaer.org/publication/streng…

Passionate about advancing sustainable energy infrastructure? Join NCAER as Strategic Associate – Energy Sector at the Centre for Economics of Transportation, Mobility and Logistics (CETML). #CETML #UrbanMobility #InfrastructureDevelopment #Energy Apply here: ncaer.org/career/strategic-a…

NCAER Visiting Professor, Kumar V. Pratap, argues that the Government should introduce safeguards in the upcoming round of airport privatisation. Specifically, it should cap the number of airports that can be awarded to a single bidder and ensure that the bidding parameter is not treated as a cost to be recovered through higher user development fees charged to passengers. Read more: ncaer.org/publication/restor…

Almost 40% of India’s rise in workforce participation came from agriculture. On #FutureOfWork, @kanmahajan says every sector is growing, but “we are really not able to move people out from the farm to the non-farm sector.” Full conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=FX00cjIZ…

NCAER Faculty Member, @aakash_dev94, participated in the Jobs and Development Conference, held on 9-10 October 2026 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, where he presented a working paper titled “Households, Frictions and Gender Gap: A Search Model of Labour Force Participation in India.” The conference was hosted by the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) and co-organised by the World Bank Group, UNU-WIDER, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town, and the Institute for Structural Research (IBS), Poland. The paper investigates the factors underlying India’s gender gap in labour force participation, with a particular focus on the interaction between household responsibilities and labour market frictions. The findings underscore the importance of policies aimed at reducing household constraints, improving labour market access, and creating an enabling environment for greater female workforce participation

In the latest episode of Parisila Perspectives, Dr. Ratna Sahay, Professor, NCAER, emphasizes Bihar’s bifurcation burden, and Jharkhand’s advantage. “When it came to the financial liabilities, that was divided according to the population, so most of their liabilities went to Bihar." #Bihar #PublicFinance #StateFinances #ViksitBharat 🎙️ Full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=BQKUi3V1…

The IEPF Chair Unit at NCAER, in collaboration with NISM, Mumbai, organised the IEPFA–NCAER Investor Education & Protection Seminar at NISM on 8 October 2026 as part of the celebrations for #WorldInvestorWeek2026. The seminar, themed “The Future is Now: Gen Z Driving Universal Digital Financial Education for Viksit Bharat,” underscored the pivotal role of young investors in advancing universal digital financial literacy and strengthening investor protection in the evolving financial ecosystem. Speakers included Mr. Suresh Goyal, DG, NCAER; Mr. Sanjay C. Purao, Executive Director, SEBI; Mr. Sashi Krishnan, Director, NISM; and Dr. @csmohapatra_dr, IEPF Chair Professor, NCAER. The speakers encouraged participants to become financially informed, digitally empowered, and responsible contributors to the vision of Viksit Bharat.

"We need to ask whether policy implementation is gender-sensitive, responsive, or transformative," said Dr @BornaliBhandari, Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Gender and Macroeconomy, NCAER, in her opening comments as Chief Guest at book launches of Gender Mainstreaming & Development and Gender and Inclusive Development.