Chief Economic Advisor

Question 1

Who is the new CEA of India?

Answer 1

Anantha Nageswaran

Question 2

Who was the predecessor of Anantha Nageswaran? who is the first Chief economic adviser of India?

Answer 2

Krishnamurthy Subramanian;;

JJ Anjaria 1956-1961

Question 3

What is the main resposibility of the CEA?

Answer 3

To draft and present the Economic survey on the eve of the budget

Question 4

The CEA(Anantha Nageswaran) was earlier part of?

Answer 4

Part-time member of the Economic Advisory

Council to the Prime Minister

Question 5

What is the rank of the Chief economic adviser?

Answer 5

equivalent to rank of Secretary to the Government of India.

Question 6

The CEA has authority over?

Answer 6

The CEA is the ex-officio cadre controlling authority of the Indian Economic Service

Question 7

What is the main drawback of the CEA?

Answer 7

The CEA’s advice is generally not given much importance

It has no executive responsibility and the only role of the CEA is to produce the Economic survey

Question 8

CEA is the head of what?

Answer 8

The CEA is head of Economic Division of the Department of

Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.