Tag: Amartya Sen
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Reason to worry over Basirhat violence: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday said there is a "reason to worry" over the communal violence that has engulfed pockets in Basirhat sub-division of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. "Why is it happening? Is it because someone is inciting it? There is reason to worry over this," Sen told a television channel here …
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July 10, 2017 -
Chidambaram debunks Modi govt’s growth figures
Lashing out at the Narendra Modi government at the centre, Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the country has the "most anti-intellectual" government in the world. "We have the most anti-intellectual government in the world ~ which even thinks Dr Amartya Sen, a professor of Harvard University, is undeserving of …
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March 3, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is …
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February 21, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is …
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February 21, 2017 -
Government should not execute autocratic power on universities: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen said on Tuesday that if the government wants to set up world-class universities it should not try to "execute autocratic power on the universities as freedom and autonomy of institutions is vital for the country". The 83-year-old economist said any threat to the autonomy of the universities is …
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February 21, 2017 -
Federalism redefined ~ I
Amartya Sen has remarked that before demonetising the high-value currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000, the Union Government should have discussed the matter with the States (29 in all), and preferably obtained their concurrence. A similar sentiment has been echoed, rather vehemently, by one of the crusaders against the decision. Participatory governance may be a …
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February 4, 2017 -
Amartya Sen rues lack of good healthcare in India
Although India has made great progress on the economic front, our progress in healthcare has so far been extraordinarily limited, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said at an international conference here on Saturday. "It is disconcerting to note that despite being the world's largest democracy, we are far from achieving reasonably good standards of healthcare delivery in …
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January 28, 2017 -
RBI doesn’t decide anything, decisions taken by Modi: Sen
After two former RBI Governors Y V Reddy and Bimal Jalan, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Tuesday raised questions on Reserve Bank's autonomy saying now a days the central bank does not decide anything and all decisions are taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Highly critical of the demonetisation, Sen opined that it has failed …
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January 10, 2017 -
RBI doesn’t decide anything, decisions taken by Modi: Sen
After two former RBI Governors Y V Reddy and Bimal Jalan, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Tuesday raised questions on Reserve Bank's autonomy saying now a days the central bank does not decide anything and all decisions are taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Highly critical of the demonetisation, Sen opined that it has failed …
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January 10, 2017