Manmohan to guide expert group for Punjab’s post-COVID revival strategy

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be guiding a group of experts to help Punjab with its post-pandemic revival strategy. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday (April 27) said the senior Congress leader has accepted his request to guide the team of experts.

“I had written to Dr Manmohan Singh Ji to guide us along with the group of experts headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia & I am grateful to him for accepting. We have been working hard to steer Punjab to the path of economic growth & post Covid-19 we will again focus on same (sic),” he tweeted.

The state government had on April 25 constituted the group of experts, headed by noted economist and former deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to revive the state’s economy. The 20-member group includes leading economic and industry experts, reported news agency PTI.

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The team shall recommend to the Punjab government a short-term as well as medium-term action plan, including a fiscal management strategy along with other policy measures, to revive the state’s economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

The group has been mandated to submit its initial set of recommendations by July 31 followed by two more reports by September 30 and December 31 this year.

(With inputs from agencies)