Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran to head Maharashtra's new economic advisory body

30 Dec 2022 , 08:51 AM

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran will head the new Economic Advisory Council of Maharashtra, the state government said on Thursday. 

The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the Legislative Council in Nagpur. 

“To make Maharashtra a trillion-dollar economy, the state government is setting up an Economic Advisory Council, to be headed by Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran,’ he said. 

Deputy CM Fadnavis added, ‘This will function as a private research organization with focus on issues related to agriculture, banking, engineering and education, among others.’

The government is also focusing on certain ‘aspirational’ regions to enhance the state’s human development index, he said.

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