PMEAC head Rangarajan resigns

PMEAC head Rangarajan resigns

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 12:40 PM IST
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New Delhi:  Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PMEAC) Chakravarthi Rangarajan has resigned following the defeat of the Congress-led UPA in the general elections.  “He (Rangarajan) has tendered his resignation. He will be here this month,” an official spokesperson of the PMEAC told PTI.

Meanwhile, all members of the Planning Commission have also submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister’s Office paying the way for reconstitution of the institution.  Besides Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the other full time members of the Commission are B K Chaturvedi, Saumitra Chaudhuri, Syeda Hameed, Narendra Jadhav, Abhijit Sen, Mihir Shah, K Kasturirangan and Arun Maira.

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