Abhijit Banerjee

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."

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‘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.

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

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.

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.

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."

By SNS

12 December, 2019 8 mins read

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.”

By SNS

11 December, 2019 8 mins read

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.

By Statesman News Service

09 December, 2019 8 mins read

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.

By SNS

03 December, 2019 8 mins read

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.

By Statesman News Service

06 November, 2019 8 mins read