Tag: Abhijit Banerjee
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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee criticises Centre over fiscal policy
Banerjee, who is also the chairperson of the Global Advisory Board on the Covid-19 pandemic set up by the West Bengal government, said while speaking on the continuous increase in cess for the last seven years, "The government has a fiscal problem. This is a government that has more faith in balancing the budget than realising the actual problem. I have been in favour of more free-spending policies. This (increase of cess) is because of that."
August 6, 2021 -
‘India needs bigger stimulus package’: Abhijit Banerjee to Rahul Gandhi on COVID-19 crisis
This is the second video talk on the the economic fallout of the Coronavirus crisis organised by Rahul Gandhi. On April 30, he had a conversation with Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan.
May 5, 2020 -
Rahul Gandhi to discuss COVID-19 economic fallout with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee
In the first such dialogue Gandhi discussed the coronavirus pandemic and its economic implications with former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan
May 5, 2020 -
Abhijit Banerjee advises state to make masks compulsory
“If many people show signs of cough and cold then they a random testing should be done. We have to be more careful and alert. But there is nothing to fear or panic,” Dr Banerjee said.
April 8, 2020 -
Governor driven out of CU convocation
For the first time in the 163-year history of the university the convocation was held without the chancellor.
January 29, 2020 -
Country could be passing through recession: Economist Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee, during an address at the Kolkata Literary Meet, also said the priority of the government should be on refinancing the banking sector, which is in 'doldrums'.
January 28, 2020 -
Dhankhar praises CU’s decision to confer D. Litt on Dr Abhijit Banerjee
“Let us all be in congratulatory and celebratory mode on the momentous occasion of honoring distinguished son of the soil Dr Abhijit Banerjee. Thinking beyond history, culture and time is the forte of Bengal’s mindscape. Bengalis time and again have led the way for countrymen. Dr Abhijit Banerjee accomplishments are the latest noteworthy in this regard,” stated a release issued by the Raj Bhavan.
January 25, 2020 -
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee lauds Delhi govt schools for outperforming private peers
Banerjee also pitched strongly for leaving syllabus setting to the individual institutions, rather than making it centralised where boards set the syllabi.
January 12, 2020 -
Poor Statisticians, Rich Economists
Incidentally, three ‘Randomistas’ – Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer – won the Nobel prize in Economics for their study on poverty, by incorporating a century- old purely statistical concept called ‘randomized controlled trials’ (RCT).
January 6, 2020 -
Mamata Banerjee woos investors, says West Bengal ideal destination
Miss Banerjee said: The entire economic situation in the country is gloomy but Bengal presents an exceptional case.
December 12, 2019 -
Nobel Prize winners Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee gift Ghana bags, Indian Books to Nobel Museum
Dr Banerjee, Dr Duflo, and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on October 14, "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
December 12, 2019 -
Nobel couple Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo woo netizens with dhoti-kurta, saree for ceremony
Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo, both working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard University professor Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on October 14 “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
December 11, 2019 -
Forty years after…
The government claims that it wants to tackle fuel smuggling and give cash payments to the poorest three-quarters of Iran’s 80 million population.
December 9, 2019 -
WB Assembly to preserve 3 books of Nobel Laureate
Addressing the House on the motion to congratulate Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, the speaker said that he had agreed to the demand of Partha Chatterjee, who requested for the preservation of at least three books of the laureate in the House library.
December 3, 2019 -
State to implement revised UGC scales
We can’t stop any projects from Kanyashree to Sabujsathi. We have to continue with Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. We cannot act like the Centre, by making tall promises before elections and then forgetting to implement those afterwards... Although the Centre and the state has different salary structures we try to give you (teachers and government employees) whatever we can. Have faith in us. We have to repay Rs 50,000 crore debt this year: Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister.
November 6, 2019 -
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee visits Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Dev Sen gifted her book titled Bhalobashar Baranda to Banerjee, who had some refreshments at her residence.
October 24, 2019 -
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee conferred with lifetime membership of Mohun Bagan
Abhijit Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo, both working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard University professor Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on 14 October “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
October 23, 2019