PM Modi Congratulates Abhijit Banerjee For Nobel Prize, Lauds His Contributions Towards Poverty Alleviation
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi congratulated Indian-origin economist and academic professor Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and said that he had made a remarkable contribution in the field of poverty alleviation.
Modi tweeted saying, “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.”
The Prime Minister also congratulated Banerjee’s French-American wife Esther Duflo and the US’ Michael Kremer who also bagged the award.
“I also congratulate Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for winning the prestigious Nobel,” he tweeted.
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The trio was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
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