The government is likely to announce the name of a new Chief Economic Advisor next week.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet will convene after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from an African tour and might clear a name given to it by a selection committee, Business Standard has learnt.
Arvind Subramanian, the incumbent CEA, demits office on Thursday. Rumours in the bureaucracy on his successor include the names of Sajjid Chinoy of JP Morgan, Rathin Roy of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Neelkanth Mishra of Credit Suisse and the principal economic advisor, Sanjeev Sanyal.
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