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Chief Economic Adviser (CEA)is a post in
Government of India
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and is equivalent to rank of
Secretary to the Government of India
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The CEA is the
ex-officio
An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...
cadre controlling authority of the
Indian Economic Service
The Indian Economic Service (abbreviated as IES, I.E.S.) is an inter-ministerial and inter-departmental central civil service under Group A of the executive branch of the Government of India. The unique aspect of the service is that the cadre ...
. The CEA is head of Economic Division of the
Department of Economic Affairs,
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance.
Lists of current ministries of finance
Named "Ministry"
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Government of India
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Until 2009, the CEA’s position was a
Union Public Service Commission
The Union Public Service Commission (ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exami ...
appointment and until the 1970s almost all CEAs were members of the Indian Economic Service.
Role of the CEA
The extent to which the Government takes into account the advice of the Chief Economic Adviser has generally been considered to be open-ended.
In his 2018 book titled ''Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy,'' former CEA
Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian is an Indian economist and the former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, having served from 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018. Subramanian is currently a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International ...
stated that the job of the CEA carried no executive responsibility. According to him, the only clearly defined job of the CEA was to produce the
Economic Survey of India preceding the
Union Budget
The Union Budget of India, also referred to as the ''Annual Financial Statement'' in Article 112 of the Constitution of India, is the annual budget of the Republic of India. The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it coul ...
.
List of CEAs
Below is a list of Chief Economic Advisers that have been appointed by the Government of India since Independence in 1947.
See also
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List of office-holders in India
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Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India The Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) is the chief advisor to the government on matters related to scientific policy. It is currently a Secretary level position created in 1999 by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. At the time, the position was a ...
References
External links
Official website*
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)
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