Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Banerjee joins Telangana Rising Advisory Board for development

Nobel laureate economist Prof Abhijit Banerjee on Saturday met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here and discussed several innovative ideas in urban development, economic growth, augmenting public revenues, fiscal discipline, large-scale skilling and jobs creation. The Nobel laureate also accepted the invitation from the chief minister to join the illustrious and globally renowned list of advisors of the 'Telangana Rising' vision board, an official release said. The Telangana government's vision of growth, investments, job creation, building great infrastructure and welfare for all sections is described as 'Telangana Rising'. While discussing mass-scale job creation, Banerjee spoke of the need to create unique short-term courses in traditional skills with modern design and appeal, marketing, use of social media technology to help traditional artisans turn into modern entrepreneurs, it said. He also suggested to the CM to include crafts, arts and creativity as a significant

Mass Hindu migration from B'desh unlikely at present: Abhijit Banerjee

The current and evolving situation in Bangladesh is unlikely to trigger a fresh round of exodus of minority Hindus into India, Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said. Historically, the academic explained, migration is mainly driven by social networks and economic opportunities, rather than persecution, even in the context of the crisis faced by minorities in Bangladesh. Speaking exclusively to PTI during his recent visit to the city to participate in a curtain-raiser event of the 16th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, where his latest title Chhaunk: On Food, Economics and Society' was launched, Banerjee said he felt India's "explicit political preference for Hindu migrants from Bangladesh" is what prompted the population to leave their homeland in the past, rather than the attacks on the community. "People always leave for another country where they have their families or to a richer nation where the economic opportunities are higher," the Nobel laureate said

West Bengal elections result 2024: Who is winning and who is trailing?

The TMC is leading in 30 of the 42 constituencies in West Bengal, according to early trends in 2024 Lok Sabha election results

Inefficient teachers were always there: Abhijit Banerjee on teacher's scam

West Bengal Nobel Laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said it is not a new phenomenon that inefficient teachers have penetrated the education system over multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in WB

Need to reintegrate children back into the system: Abhijeet Banerjee

Noting that temporary school closures will cause permanent damage, he said merely reopening schools will not be enough

India faces 'extreme pain', aspirations dashed: economist Abhijit Banerjee

The Nobel laureate was sharing his observations from a recent visit to West Bengal.

Abhijit Banerjee flags methodology used for Global Hunger Index rankings

India should not take the drop in its Global Hunger Index ranking "seriously" as the methodology used for the exercise is 'model-based' and not survey-based, Banerjee said

Covid 3rd wave may pull GDP growth down to 7%: Economist Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Thursday apprehended that the impending third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic might adversely impact the GDP

Centre should be more into free-spending policies: Abhijit Banerjee

Banerjee heads West Bengal's Global Advisory Board (GAB) and advises the state government on issues related to the pandemic

Govt 'not calling it right', must boost spending in Covid: Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Laureate says it is 'not clear at all' if bond markets would react negatively to moves to avert crisis.

India's Covid-19 problem is now the world's problem

Leaders and scientists need to figure out what should be done to combat variants of the virus.

Meet Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, the mild-mannered sharp shooter

Banerjee tells Anjuli Bhargava he wants the world to have the right conversations before marching on in its battle against extreme poverty

Best of BS Opinion: PM's Muslim outreach, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Elitist mindset behind India's learning poverty, says Abhijit Banerjee

There is evidence to show that enough people don't know about the benefits of education, says Banerjee

India among worst-performing economies; stimulus lacking: Abhijit Banerjee

He, however, said that the country will see a revival in growth in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal

Financial viability of universal basic income

One argument that is cited against UBI is that it may generate laziness. The experiment is Kenya, quoted by Abhijit Banerjee and Bardhan, shows that it does not

Unsure whether India gains if businesses shift from China: Abhijit Banerjee

"India plans to spend less than one per cent of its GDP at Rs 1.70 trillion. We should spend a much-increased proportion of GDP," he said

Hand out temporary ration cards, money to the poor: Abhijit Banerjee

Economist and former RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan had a similar interaction with Gandhi last week

Eight suggestions from Abhijit Banerjee to revive the Covid-19-hit economy

Abhijit Banerjee pointed out several measures, including giving temporary ration cards, a bigger stimulus package and providing cash to India's poorest 60% to revive the Covid-19-hit economy

Top headlines: India to evacuate 15k citizens; gold imports plunge in April

From April gold imports plunging to Israeli research team getting a step closer to developing a Covid-19 vaccine, here are the top headlines of the day