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Arvind Subramanian to continue as chief economic adviser for another year

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Sep 23, 2017 02:19 PM IST

Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian’s three-year term ends on October 16.

The government will extend the term of chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian by one year till October 2018, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday.

Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian.(PTI File Photo)
Chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian.(PTI File Photo)

Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, was appointed India’s chief economic adviser (CEA) in October 2014. His term was for three years, which was to end on October 16.

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Interacting with reporters on Saturday, Jaitley said Subramanian will get one year extension.

The BJP-led NDA government’s 5-year term ends in May 2019.

The CEA is usually the main go-to person for advice for the finance minister on macro-economic matters, and primary responsibilities, among others, include authoring the mid-year analysis and the Economic Survey.

Subramanian’s predecessor was Raghuram Rajan, who quit the position in September 2013 after being appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Subramanian graduated from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and got an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He obtained M Phil and D Phil from the University of Oxford, UK.

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