PM congratulates Nobel economics winners

October 14, 2019 19:47

And finally, a congratulatory tweet from PM Modi for Dr Abhijit Banerjee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize for Economics, saying he has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation. Banerjee shared the award with his French-American wife Esther Duflo and another American economist Michael Kremer for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."

"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," Modi wrote on Twitter. He also congratulated Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for wining the Nobel.

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