TN CM greets Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo on Nobel win

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday congratulated Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo for winning the 2019 Nobel Economics prize, and recalled the state government's association with the organisation they are involved.

The Kolkata-born Banerjee, Duflo and another economist Michael Kremer had on Monday jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."