'Economic Policy: The Road Ahead': PM Modi meets economists and experts, carries out constructive discussions ahead of Union Budget

 Ahe of presentation of Union Budget on July 5, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on June 22 attended an interactive session with over 40 ecomists and or experts, organized by NITI Aayog, on me Ecomic Policy ' Ro Ahe'.

During session, participants shared ir views, in five distinct groups, on ecomic mes of macro-ecomy and employment, agriculture and water resources, exports, education, and health. 

In his interaction, Prime Minister thanked various participants for ir suggestions and observations, on various aspects of ecomy. 

Tweeting about same, Prime Minister Modi said that he h fruitful interaction with ecomists and or experts.

Here's PM Modi's tweet:

meeting was also attended by Union Ministers Shri Piyush Goyal and Shri Rao Inderjeet Singh. Vice-Chairman NITI Aayog Shri Rajiv Kumar and senior officers from Union Government and NITI Aayog were also present. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her first Union Budget on July 5.

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Well kwn ecomists and experts like Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Bibek Debroi, Nilesh Shah, K Srinath Reddy, Natrajan Chandra Shekharan, Dr Devi Shetty, HSBC, Credit Suisse, representatives, Anil Agrawal, Sanjiv Puri , Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Surjit Bhalla, Bodhisattva Ganguly were present.

Earlier on Friday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a pre-budget meeting with finance ministers of all  states. During meeting, Sitharaman said that Centre has responsibility of setting direction of ecomic growth. Furrmore,  Finance Minister, on Wednesday, held 20th meeting of  Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) to review current global and domestic ecomic situation and financial stability issues including, inter-alia, those concerning Banking and NBFCs.

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