The 4th meeting of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) was held on 12th February 2018 under the chairmanship of Dr Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC-PM & Member, NITI Aayog.

Keeping in view the National Health Scheme announced by the Government in the Budget for the year 2018-19 presented in the Parliament on 1st February 2018, EAC-PM discussed the possible modalities of implementing the scheme.

Dr Shamika Ravi, Part-Time Member of the EAC-PM made a presentation on “Health Reforms”. Another Part-Time Member of the EAC-PM, Dr AshimaGoyal made presentation on the draft “The Indian Fiscal - Monetary Framework: Dominance or Coordination?”. Ms Poonam Gupta, Lead Economist - India, World Bank made a presentation on “World Bank Report on Indian Economy”.

National Health Scheme implementation examined; advisory council reviewed modalities informed by health reform and fiscal coordination analysis. Implementation modalities for the National Health Scheme announced in the annual budget were examined by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, informed by presentations on health reforms, fiscal-monetary coordination, and a World Bank report to guide policy and financing considerations.