A report commissioned by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister on Wednesday suggested that the government roll out a universal basic income (UBI) scheme to reduce stark income gaps and launch a guaranteed employment programme for the urban unemployed. Citing the country’s uneven income distribution, the report also advocated raising the minimum
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The Finance ministry’s principal economic advisor Sanjeev Sanyal has been inducted as a full-time member in the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), according to an official order by the cabinet secretariat. He has been appointed for a tenure of two years. Sanyal is currently serving as the principal economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance.
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The government has reconstituted the seven-member Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) by inducting three new members while dropping economist V. Anantha Nageswaran from the council. Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the Council. EAC-PM has been reconstituted for a period of 2 years. Rakesh Mohan, Poonam Gupta, TT Ram Mohan, Sajid Chenoy, Neelkanth Mishra and
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