EAC-PM reconstituted under Bibek Debroy

October 28, 2021 01:17 am | Updated 01:17 am IST - New Delhi

New Delhi: 11/10/2017: Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister addressing the media after the first meeting of the newly constituted Council. The panel was formed after the government�s GST and demonetisation drive drew widespread criticism and were blamed for India�s economic slowdown, in New Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

New Delhi: 11/10/2017: Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister addressing the media after the first meeting of the newly constituted Council. The panel was formed after the government�s GST and demonetisation drive drew widespread criticism and were blamed for India�s economic slowdown, in New Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

The government on Wednesday reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), under current Chairman Bibek Debroy, for a period of two years. While V. Anantha Nageswaran has been dropped, Rakesh Mohan (former Deputy Governor of RBI), Poonam Gupta (Director-General of NCAER) and T.T. Ram Mohan (Professor, IIM-Ahmedabad) have been appointed as part-time members of the reconstituted EAC-PM. The other part-time members of the Council include Sajid Chenoy, Neelkanth Mishra and Nilesh Shah.

"Prime Minister has approved the re-constitution of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)...for a period of two years or until further orders," the cabinet secretariat said in a notification dated October 27.

According to the notification, the terms of reference of the Council include to analyse any issue, economic or otherwise, referred to it by the Prime Minister and advising him hereon.

Besides, addressing issues of macroeconomic importance and presenting views thereon to the Prime Minister. "This could either suo-motu or on reference from the Prime Minister or anyone else," the notification said.

The EAC-PM is an independent body constituted to advise the government, especially the prime minister, on economic and related issues.

It was set up in September 2017 with a term of two years, replacing the erstwhile PMEAC, which was headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan during the terms of former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

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