RBI man is new Chief Statistician of India (CSI)

Advisor in the RBI's department of statistics and information management Dr GP Samanta has been appointed as the new Chief Statistician of India (CSI).He would be replacing  IAS  officer Dr Kshatrapati Shivaji who was holding the additional charge of CSI since September 2020 after the post fall vacant.Samanta would also hold the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation for two years