Kashmir Impulse Desk

New Delhi, June 6

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed measures to bolster India’s economic growth with members of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) amid global uncertainty, official sources said.

The meeting focused on strategies to sustain growth and advance reforms aimed at improving ease of living and ease of doing business, the sources said.

Members of the EAC-PM also presented their assessment of the impact of the West Asia conflict on India and the global economy, according to the sources.

Modi and the council discussed a range of ideas and policy measures to strengthen economic performance at a time of heightened global volatility, they added.

The EAC-PM is an independent body that advises the prime minister on economic and related issues.

The meeting was attended by Principal Secretaries to the Prime Minister P K Mishra and Shaktikanta Das, along with members of the council.

The council is headed by chairman S Mahendra Dev and includes full-time members Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Sanjeev Sanyal and Shamika Ravi.

Its 11 part-time members are Rakesh Mohan, Sajjid Z Chinoy, Neelkanth Mishra, Nilesh Shah, T T Ram Mohan, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, K V Raju, Chetan Ghate, Pami Dua, Pulak Ghosh and Gaurav Vallabh.

The council’s mandate includes examining economic and other issues referred to it by the prime minister, providing advice on matters of macroeconomic importance, and undertaking studies either on its own initiative or at the government’s request.

It may also carry out additional assignments entrusted to it by the prime minister from time to time.