Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Named in Five-Member Economic Advisory Council Set up by Tamil Nadu Government

In Tamil Nadu, the state government has constituted five-member Economic Advisory Council to the Chief Minister.
The Council comprise of following members:
1. Prof. Raghuram Rajan – former Reserve Bank of India Governor
2. Prof. Esther Duflo – 2019 Nobel Prize-winning French–American economist, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3. Dr. Arvind Subramanian – former Chief Economic Advisor
4. Prof. Jean Dreze – welfare economist and social scientist
5. Dr. S Narayan – former Union Finance Secretary and former Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Role of the Council
- The council will provide general guidance to state Chief Minister MK Stalin in managing the state’s economic and social policies, social justice and human development-related issues, and in matters related to equal opportunities for women and well-being of underprivileged groups.
- Apart from this, the council will make suggestions to boost growth, employment and productivity across all sectors.