Tamil Nadu Govt's Economic Advisory Panel: Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo, Former RBI Gov Raghuram Rajan & Others

Tamil Nadu government will set up an Economic Advisory Council to the  Chief Minister to chart out a rapid and inclusive economic growth path for the State, said Governor Banwarilal Purohit on June 21. The council will have Nobel laureate Esther Duflo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan, former Chief Economic Advisor to the Centre, Aravind Subramanian, Development Economist Jean Dreze, and former Union Finance Secretary S Narayan.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit said as the first step towards bringing down the overall debt burden & improving fiscal position, a white paper detailing the true state of the State’s finances would be released in July. This is being done so that the people were fully informed. Watch the video to know more.

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