India, May 4 -- The government has terminated the services of Krishnamurthy V Subramanian as its executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with immediate effect, about six months before his three-year tenure was due to end, according to documents seen by HT.

The appointments committee of the cabinet approved the termination, according to an official notification. Subramanian, former chief economic adviser (CEA) in the finance ministry, was appointed as an executive director (ED) at IMF representing India in 2022.

It was not immediately clear why Subramanian's appointment was terminated.

Union finance ministry, the IMF and Subramanian did not respond to queries from HT at the time of going to the press.

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