Quite an agenda

EAC-PM should be realistic about the growth deceleration

In its first meeting on Wednesday, the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) identified 10 themes covering a wide range of broad topics for accelerating economic growth and employment over the next six months. The recommendations of the council will be structured around these themes, which include economic growth, employment and job creation, the fiscal framework and monetary policy. Clarifying on the exact role of the council, its Chairman Bibek Debroy said the entire focus would be on recommendations that were “swiftly implementable”. Its role would thus be different from that of the NITI Aayog, of