September 06, 2026 01:47 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj detained after viral assault clip; Chirag Paswan’s party files complaint for ‘falsely’ naming him | Bengaluru horror: Woman stripped, assaulted and filmed over unpaid loan interest; 4 arrested | West Bengal CM's big warning: Teacher suspended over tilak row, govt employee punished for PM Modi post | Tragedy on Kerala Highway: 8 Tamil Nadu students killed after car crashes into parked lorry | Influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, accused of assaulting CJP protester's father, detained in UP | Yasin Malik’s double shock from jail: Announces divorce, refuses to defend himself in Sarla Bhat case | Sonia Gandhi’s memoir finds new publisher as HarperCollins steps in amid Penguin row | 1,000 RSS-backed schools in Bengal? Suvendu Adhikari sets one-year target | PM Modi hails Giorgia Meloni on becoming longest-serving postwar Italian PM | HarperCollins to publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir amid Penguin row

Employment and growth were the key topics discussed at the third EAC-PM meeting

| @indiablooms | Dec 20, 2017, at 09:27 pm

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) held its  third meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC-PM & Member, NITI Aayog.

To continue the ongoing discussion on employment and growth, two presentations were made.

Dr Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog made a presentation on “Strategic options for enhancing agricultural productivity, income and pro-employment growth in Agriculture and Allied Sectors”.

Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development made a presentation on the “Mission Antyodaya for Poverty Free Panchayats”.

On the trade related issues, Kishore Desai, OSD in the EAC-PM, made a presentation to the Council.

Dr Rathin Roy and Dr Surjit Bhalla, both part-time members of the Council presented an update on the Economy Track Monitor.

The EAC-PM also deliberated on each of these topics during its meeting.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.