India extends chief economic adviser Subramanian's term by a year - government

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian's chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian will continue for one more year after his current term ends on Oct. 16, the finance ministry said in a Twitter post on Saturday.

Subramanian, a former U.S.-based economist, was named to the position in 2014 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power.

(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Paul Tait)