Mumbai, Apr 17 (PTI) Praveen Pardeshi, the newly appointed Chief Economic Advisor to the Maharashtra Chief Minister, has said he will be working in an advisory role and not interfere in the finance department headed by deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

The retired IAS officer was appointed to the newly created post last week. He already heads the Maharashtra Institute of Transformation (MITRA), a government think tank.

Asked about talk that he would end up interfering in Ajit Pawar's domain, Pardeshi said it was not so.

"This is no parallel system but I will be in an advisory role to the finance department,'' he told a Marathi news channel.

A district strategic plan is being worked out as district-level development is important for achieving the goal of turning Maharashtra into a USD one trillion economy by 2028-29, he said.

''Every district needs to be a growth centre to achieve a one trillion dollar economy by 2028-29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said every district needs to be a growth centre, but as of now there is no statistics available for GDP of districts,'' Pardeshi added. PTI MR KRK

Advisory role clarified: new chief economic advisor will not interfere with the finance department and will focus on district growth planning. The Chief Economic Advisor post is a consultative office separate from the finance department, intended to advise rather than exercise control; the advisor, who also heads a government think tank, will work on district strategic plans to promote each district as a growth centre, and highlighted the lack of district-level GDP statistics needed for district-targeted economic planning.