CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER (CEA)

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• The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) is the economic advisor to the Government of India working under the direct charge of the Minister of Finance.
  
  
• The CEA is the ex-officio cadre controlling authority of the Indian Economic Service.
  
  
• In June 2018, Arvind Subramanian resigned as the CEA. He was appointed in 2014. He was formerly an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since then, the post is vacant.
  
  
• First CEA: JJ Anjaria (1956-61).
  
  
• Other prominent CEA in the past: Manmohan Singh (1972-76), Kaushik Basu (2009-2012), Raghuram Rajan (2012-2013).