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Govt panel shortlists some potential candidates for chief economic advisor

The candidates were shortlisted after a round of interviews and there will be more interviews to narrow the field even further, the source said

Bimal Jalan
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Bimal Jalan (pictured), former RBI governor, also pitched for a rating upgrade for India due to a number of steps taken by the government

Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
After months of radio silence on the appointment of a new chief economic advisor (CEA), a panel headed by former Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan has shortlisted some potential candidates, a source said on Tuesday. The candidates were shortlisted after a round of interviews and there will be more interviews to narrow the field even further, the source said. 


Former CEA Arvind Subramanian cut short his extended tenure in August, which was supposed to last till May 2019, and went back to