N. K. Singh

N. K. Singh
Singh at the World Economic Forum on India in 2012
Chairman of 15th Finance Commission
In office
26 November 2017[1] – 26 November 2023
Preceded byY. V. Reddy
Succeeded byArvind Panagariya
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2008–2014
ConstituencyBihar
Personal details
Born (1941-01-27) 27 January 1941 (age 83)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePrem Kumari Singh (Tiny)
Children3
Alma materSt Stephens College, Delhi
Delhi School of Economics
OccupationEconomist, Civil Servant
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Websitehttp://web.nksingh.com/

Nand Kishore Singh is an Indian politician, economist and former Indian Administrative Service officer. He is a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since March 2014[2] after having served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (2008-2014) from Bihar for the Janata Dal (United).[3][4] He has been a senior bureaucrat, Member of the Planning Commission[a] and handled assignments of Union Expenditure and Revenue Secretary. He was also Officer on Special Duty to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

On 27 November 2017, Modi government appointed him as the chairman of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India and served the office till 26 November 2023.

He is currently on the board of Hindustan Times, ICRIER, IMI, Nalanda University as well as connected with the Stanford University and the India Advisory Committee of London School of Economics and Columbia University. He is the former chairman, board of governors of Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. He is currently the chairman of the review committee set up under Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, under the purview of Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[5][6]

He is believed to be one of the people involved in the IC-814 response of the Indian government.[7]

  1. ^ "N K Singh appointed chairman of 15th Finance Commission". Ties of India. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ Deepak Nagpal (23 March 2014). "Elections 2014: MJ Akbar, NK Singh join BJP | Zee News". Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ "ECI - Press Note" (PDF).
  4. ^ Flying with BS: Nitish Kumar
  5. ^ "Press Information Bureau". Pib.nic.in. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Discipline yourself". The Indian Express. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Ex-RAW chief wasn't totally honest with us in his book: Here's what Dulat didn't tell us about IC-814". 11 July 2015.


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