TN Govt. to constitute an Economic Advisory Council

• 23 Jun 2021

The Tamil Nadu government has decided to constitute an Economic Advisory Council to the Chief Minister, comprising leading experts, including Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, to chalk out a path for rapid and inclusive economic growth in the State that is facing in the midst of a serious economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noted Members of the Council

• Nobel laureate Esther Duflo (from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Raghuram Rajan ( Former Reserve Bank of India Governor)
• Arvind Subramanian (Former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India)
• Jean Drèze (Development Economist)
• S. Narayan (former Union Finance Secretary)