…….FMs haven't always had good relationships with CEAs. That's not true of Kaushik Basu and Pranab Mukherjee. However, after Bimal Jalan (CEA stint in early 1980s) I can't think of a single CEA who has had significant impact on policy. Kaushik is no exception. Perhaps times have changed. Perhaps it requires good inter-personal relationships with higher rungs of civil servants (especially North Block and RBI), which "government economists" possess and completely lateral entrants don't. What about the Economic Survey. Few CEAs paid any attention to Survey. (Arvind Virmani was an exception. Rakesh Mohan talked about it, but didn't do much.)………
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