By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has congratulated Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
“Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
He has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation. I also congratulate Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for wining the prestigious Nobel”, the Prime Minister said.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an eminent Indian American economist. Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
