''Eastern Economist'' was an Indian business weekly. At one time, it was one of the prominent economic and business publications in India, along with others such as ''

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

''. It closed down in 1982 after having published for 40 years. The proprietor of the weekly at the time was

Madhav Prasad Birla Madhav Prasad Birla (1918–1990) was an Indian entrepreneur based at Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Biography He was born in Mumbai on 4 July 1918. He is the founder of M.P Birla Group, M.P. Birla Group. He was married to Smt. Priyamvada De ...

. The official reason given for closure were finances. It had a circulation of 3,600 readers at the time of its closure. It had four writers in its Delhi headquarters. The chief editor was Swaminathan S. Aiyar.

References

Defunct magazines published in India Magazines disestablished in 1982 News magazines published in India Weekly magazines published in India {{india-media-stub