August 17, 2026 03:33 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe

Niti Ayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya resigns

| | Aug 01, 2017, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IBNS) : Arvind Panagariya, the first vice-chairman of Niti Aayog announced his resignation from office on Tuesday, media reports said.

August 31 is likely to be his last working day in Niti Aayog.

While the exact reasons behind Panagariya’s departure couldn’t be known so far, he had reportedly informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his decision to quit 2 months ago.

Panagariya was considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal pick for economic reforms,

According to CNBC Awaaz, PM Modi had tried dissuading Panagariya from leaving. However, the University was not willing to extend his leave.

It is said that he will  return to academic life in the US, from where he came for the Niti Aayog assignment.

The 62-year-old Panagariya is an Indian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Columbia University.

 

Image: Wikimedia Commons

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.