Pursuant to the Budget announcement,
it has been decided to constitute an Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of
Dr Raghuram G. Rajan, Chief
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance to consider backwardness of the States in
terms of measures like distance of the State from the national average under
criteria such as per capita income and other human development indicators and
for evolving a Composite Development Index of States. The Committee has been
constituted with the approval of the Union Finance Minister Shri
P. Chidambaram.
The composition of the Expert
Committee will be:-
i.
Dr.
Raghuram G. Rajan,
Chief Economic Adviser,
Ministry of Finance ….. Chairman
ii.
Shri
Shaibal Gupta ……
Member
iii.
Dr.
Bharat Ramaswami ……
Member
iv.
Shri
Najeeb Jung ……
Member
v.
Dr.
Nirija G. Jayal ……
Member
vi.
Shri
Tuhin Pandey ……
Member
Committee may invite other experts
as Special Invitees for deliberations.
Committee would submit its Report
within sixty (60) days from the date of its constitution.
The Terms of Reference
of the Committee will be issued separately.
