Govt expands PM's Economic Advisory Council; appoints 3 part-time members

A notification by the Cabinet Secretariat announced the addition of Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah, Anantha Nageswaran's names as part-time members of the EAC-PM

Less than a month after reconstituting the Economic Advisory to the Prime Minister, the centre has added three more part-time members to the advisory body – Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah and Anantha Nageswaran.

Mishra is the India Equity Strategist for Credit Suisse, Shah is the Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, and Nageswaran is the Dean of IFMR Graduate School of Business. Since they are part-time members, they may not have to take leave from their current posts.

The new appointments were announced through a notification by the Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday.

Late last month, the centre had reconstituted