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{{short description|India government post}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chief Economic Advisor
| native_name = मुख्य आर्थिक सलाहकार
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| insignia = Emblem_of_India.svg
| insigniasize = 30px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of India
| residence = North Block, [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi]]
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| incumbent = [[Krishnamurthy Subramanian]] [[Indian Economic Service|IES]]
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| incumbentsince = 7 December 2018
| image = File:The Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian at the National Conference on ‘Economics of Competition Law’, organised by the Competition Commission of India, in New Delhi on March 01, 2019. (cropped).JPG
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| Head = [[Indian Economic Service]]
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{{Politics of India}}
{{Distinguish|Economic Advisory Council}}

The [https://dea.gov.in/whos-who?field_whos_who_category_tid=2378&title=&field_email_feedback_email= '''Chief Economic Adviser''' ('''CEA''')] is a post in [[Government of India]] and is equivalent to rank of [[Secretary to the Government of India]]. 

The CEA is the [[ex-officio]] cadre controlling authority of the [[Indian Economic Service]]. The CEA is head of Economic Division of the [[Department of Economic Affairs (India)|Department of Economic Affairs]], [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]], [[Government of India]].

Until 2009, the CEA’s position was a [[Union Public Service Commission]] appointment and until the 1970s almost all CEAs were members of the Indian Economic Service.

== Role of the CEA ==
The extent to which the Government takes into account the advice of the Chief Economic Adviser has generally been considered to be open-ended. 

In his 2018 book titled ''Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy,'' former CEA [[Arvind Subramanian]] stated that the job of the CEA carried no executive responsibility. According to him, the only clearly defined job of the CEA was to produce the [[Economic survey of India|Economic Survey of India]] preceding the [[Union budget of India|Union Budget]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/opinion-when-it-makes-sense-to-consult-india-s-chief-economic-adviser-1554401306401.html|title=Opinion {{!}} When it makes sense to consult India’s chief economic adviser|last=Rajaraman|first=Indira|date=2019-04-04|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>

==List of CEAs==
Below is a list of Chief Economic Advisers that have been appointed by the Government of India since Independence in 1947.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! No
! Name
! width=75|Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! Prime Minister
|- align=center
| 1
| JJ Anjaria
|
| 1956
| 1961
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- 
| 2
| [[IG Patel]]
|[[File:I. G. Patel.jpg|alt=I._G._Patel|75px]]
| 1961
| 1963
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center
| 
| [[IG Patel]]
|[[File:I. G. Patel.jpg|alt=I._G._Patel|75px]]
| 1965
| 1967
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center
| 3
| [[VK Ramaswamy (economist)|VK Ramaswamy]]
|
| 1967
| 1969
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
| 4
| [[Ashok Mitra]]
|
| 1970
| 1972
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
| 5
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[File:President Barack Obama walking with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 2009-11-24 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 1972
| 1976
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
| 6
| [[RM Honavar]]
|
| 1977
| 1980
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
| 7
| [[Bimal Jalan]]
|[[File:Bimal Jalan (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 1981
| 1988
|
|- align=center
| 8
| [[Nitin Desai]]
|
| 1988
| 1990
|
|- align=center
| 9
| [[Deepak Nayyar]]
|[[File:Deepak Nayyar at UNU-WIDER Annual Lecture, 2009.jpg|75px]]
| 1990
| 1991
|
|- align=center
| 10
| [[Shankar Acharya]]
|
| 1993
| 2001
|
|- align=center
| 11
| [[Rakesh Mohan]]
|
| 2001
| 2002
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
| 12
| [[Ashok K Lahiri]]
|
| 2002
| 2007
|
|- align=center
| 13
| [[Arvind Virmani]]
|[[File:Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Arvind Virmani, in New Delhi on December 16, 2008.jpg|75px]]
| 2007
| 2009
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
| 14
| [[Kaushik Basu]]
|[[File:Kaushik Basu - Festival Economia 2013.JPG|Kaushik Basu|75px]]
| 2009
| 2012
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=  center
| 15
| [[Raghuram Rajan]]
| [[File:Raghuram_Rajan,_IMF_69MS040421048l.jpg|75px]]
| 10 August 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/diesel-price-decontrol-is-best-says-raghuram-rajan/article20505737.ece|title=Diesel price decontrol is ‘best’, says Raghuram Rajan|website=The Hindu Businessline|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
| 4 September 2013<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/raghuram-rajan-appointed-next-rbi-governor/article4995753.ece|title=Raghuram Rajan appointed next RBI Governor|date=2013-08-06|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-30|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
| 16
| [[Arvind Subramanian]]
|[[File:Arvind Subrahmaniyam.png|Arvind Subrahmaniyam|75px]]
| 16 October 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rSldARiPlE2fpasnQpNLII/Arvind-Subramanian-appointed-chief-economic-advisor.html|title=Arvind Subramanian is India’s new chief economic adviser|last=Mishra|first=Asit Ranjan|date=2014-10-16|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
| 20 June 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chief-economic-advisor-arvind-subramanian-resigns-due-to-personal-reasons-will-move-to-us/articleshow/64662276.cms|title=Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian resigns due to personal reasons, will move to US|date=2018-06-20|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref>
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|- align=center
|17
| [[Krishnamurthy Subramanian]]
| [[File:The Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian at the National Conference on ‘Economics of Competition Law’, organised by the Competition Commission of India, in New Delhi on March 01, 2019. (cropped).JPG|75px]]
|7 December 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/krishnamurthy-subramanian-chief-economic-advisor-cea5483274/|title=ISB professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian appointed as new Chief Economic Adviser|date=2018-12-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2018-12-07}}</ref>
| Incumbent
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of office-holders in India]]
* [[Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dea.gov.in/divisionbranch/economic-division/ Official website]
*{{Commons category-inline|Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India}}

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