Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India

Chief Economic Adviser of Government of India
Emblem of India
Incumbent
Vacant

since 20 June 2018
Residence North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
Appointer Minister of Finance

The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) is the economic advisor to the Government of India. The CEA is the ex-officio cadre controlling authority of the Indian Economic Service. The CEA is under the direct charge of the Minister of Finance.[1][2][3]

List of CEAs

No Name Portrait Term of office
1 JJ Anjaria 1956 1961
2 IG Patel
I._G._Patel
1961 1963
IG Patel
I._G._Patel
1965 1967
3 VK Ramaswamy 1967 1969
4 Ashok Mitra 1970 1972
5 Manmohan Singh 1972 1976
6 RM Honavar 1977 1980
7 Bimal Jalan 1981 1988
8 Nitin Desai 1988 1990
9 Deepak Nayyar 1990 1991
10 Shankar Acharya 1993 2001
11 Rakesh Mohan 2001 2002
12 Ashok K Lahiri 2002 2007
13 Arvind Virmani 2007 2009
14 Kaushik Basu Dec 2009 July 2012
15 Raghuram Rajan 10 August 2012 4 September 2013
16 Arvind Subramanian 16 October 2014 20 June 2018[4][5]

References

  1. "Office of the Economic Adviser". Eaindustry.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  2. Special Correspondent (2012-08-29). "Raghuram Rajan takes over as Chief Economic Advisor". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  3. "India's new chief economic advisor is IIMA alumnus - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  4. "Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian resigns due to personal reasons, will move to US". The Economic Times. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  5. "Reuters India on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
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