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NEW DELHI -- Arvind Panagariya, a top economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has resigned from his post at the government's main policy think tank NITI Aayog, according to reports on Tuesday.
#NitiAayog Vice-Chairman #ArvindPanagariya resigns; says he will return to academia, August 31 to be last day in office.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 1, 2017
TV and other news outlets cited the veteran supply-side economist as saying he was standing down as deputy chairman of the Policy Commission, and would return to New York's Columbia University.
According to the reports, which could not immediately be confirmed, Modi had accepted Panagariya's resignation.
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