The meeting was also attended by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State (independent charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjeet Singh.
Budget
2019 : Ahead of the next month's Union
Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday interacted with
economists and industry experts on current economic situation and
took note of their suggestions.
In
the interactive session organised by NITI Aayog on 'Economic Policy -
The Road Ahead', over 40 economists and other experts participated.
"During
the session, participants shared their views, in five distinct
groups, on the economic themes of macro economy and employment,
agriculture and water resources, exports, education and health,"
said a release issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
The
Prime Minister thanked all participants for their suggestions and
observations, on various aspects of the economy.
The
meeting was also attended by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush
Goyal and Minister of State (independent charge) for Statistics and
Programme Implementation Rao Inderjeet Singh.
NITI
Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and senior government officials were
also present.
Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the full Budget for
2019-20 on July 5 in the Lok Sabha.
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