EAC-PM Chief Bibek Debroy No More Prez, PM Grief At His Passing

New Delhi: Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy (69) passed away on Friday, a senior EAC-PM official said. He was admitted to AIIMS Thursday night. “He was admitted with subacute intestinal obstruction. He also suffered from hypertension and diabetes mellitus,” an official source at AIIMS, Delhi said.

President Droupadi Murmu said in a post on X that the country has lost an eminent public intellectual, who enriched diverse fields, from policy making to translating our great scriptures. His understanding of India’s social, cultural and economic landscape was exceptional.