Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM till 2021, Bibek Debroy retained as chairman

The government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of another two years on Wednesday. Rathin Roy from the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and Shamika Ravi of Brookings Institution have been dropped as part-time members. Sajjid Chenoy, India economist at JP Morgan is the new part-time member.

Part-time member Ashima Goyal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research and full time members Bibek Debroy of Niti Aayog and Ratan Watal will continue to be part of the EAC-PM. Debroy retains his role as chairman of the EAC-PM while former Finance Secretary Watal will