Former president Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level committee on One Nation, One Election on Wednesday held deliberations with top economists on details of a research paper - Macroeconomic Impact of Harmonising Electoral Cycles - on the subject, attracting mixed reactions from experts on holding simultaneous polls, people aware of the matter said.
The committee sought the experts' view on simultaneous polls as the research paper, co-authored by chairman of the 15th finance commission NK Singh and chief of systemic division issues at International Monetary Fund (IMF) Prachi Mishra, pointed at wider implication of harmonising elections on the economy, besides economising time and resources.
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