Niti Aayog’s vice chairman Rajiv Kumar resigned
Highlights:
- The government-run organisation, Niti Aayog’s Vice Chairperson, Rajiv Kumar has resigned due to a government order. Suman Bery, an economist, will take over as the new head of the planning agency.
- The government has authorised Rajiv Kumar’s resignation and Suman Bery’s appointment.
- The reason for Rajiv Kumar’s resignation was not stated in the order.
- After Arvind Panagariya resigned from the job in August 2017 to return to academia, Rajiv Kumar, an economist, was named vice chairman of the Niti Aayog.
- He also served on the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, the Statistical Commission, and the Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy of the Reserve Bank of India.
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