Eminent economist and columnist Surjit Bhalla resigns from EAC-PM

By Aakanksha Raghuvanshi

Dec 11, 2018

10:00 am

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Eminent economist and columnist Surjit Bhalla today said that he had resigned as a part-time member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) on December 1. "I resigned as a part-time member of PMEAC on December 1," said Bhalla. The EAC-PM is headed by Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy. Economists Rathin Roy, Ashima Goyal, and Shamika Ravi are other part-time members.

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Surjit took to Twitter to announce his resignation

1/2 My forecast on Elections 2019; written as Contributing Editor Indian Express Consultant @Network18Group; I resigned as part-time member PMEAC on December 1st; also look for my book Citizen Raj: Indian Elections 1952-2019 , due

— Surjit Bhalla (@surjitbhalla) December 11, 2018