
Ekonom S. Mahendra Dev was appointed the new President of the Economic Advisory Board of the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), the person said on development. Dev, by Thursday, the independent director of Axis Bank, we wish on Friday, that the person who spoke on condition that he was not appointed.
At the beginning of the day of Axis Bank, the stock exchange reported that nine resigned from its council because of its appointment by EAC-PM chairman, which is a full-time position.
EAC-PM had no full-time chairman since last November, when his first chairman Bibek Debroy died. Summan Bery’s vice-chairman Aayog Suman Bery has ever held an EAC-PM surcharge.
In the middle of the tariff war
The new appointment comes at a time when the Narendra Modi government is busy with the solution of the tariff war induced by the US administration and its global macroeconomic consequences, and also seeks to strengthen and maintain economic growth to realize the government’s goal of India by 2047.
In addition to consulting the Prime Minister on economic and related issues, EAC-PM analyzes key questions requiring the attention of politicians at the highest level.
Business Standard informed on Thursday that nine appointments have been for two years and that new members of the part -time council include Tymya Kanti Ghosh, Kv Raju, Chetan Ghate, Pami Duo, Pulak Ghosh and Gourav Vallabh. Mint could not verify this independently.
DEV previously served on several government panels and in working groups for the ninth, tenth and eleventh five -year plans. He also worked as chairman of the Agricultural Cost and Price Commission. Received Ph.D. from Delhi School of Economics and conducted postdo -championship research at Yale University.
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