New Delhi: Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya cast his first vote in the national capital on Saturday.

Panagariya said in a post on

Panagariya, 71, had said on Friday that he was excited to cast his vote for the first time.

Panagariya is Professor of Economics and Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University. On December 31 last year, he was appointed Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission.