India.com News Desk | Jul 5, 2021, 4:26 PM IST
Earlier, reports claimed that Abhijit Mukherjee, who has been a two-term MP in the Lok Sabha in his father's seat of Jangipur, was in talks with the TMC leadership for the past few weeks.
India.com News Desk | Dec 11, 2020, 12:11 AM IST
Banerjee said all the negotiations with farmers eventually will have to go through some state governments. "This (the farm legislations) is a move at a time when states are feeling economically threatened because the economy is not delivering as much as it was earlier," he said.
PTI | Sep 29, 2020, 9:42 PM IST
Speaking at a virtual event, Banerjee said the country's economic growth was slowing down even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
India.com News Desk | May 5, 2020, 10:56 AM IST
Banerjee opined that government should hand out temporary ration cards to people to deal with the problem of food distribution.
India.com News Desk | May 4, 2020, 11:07 PM IST
The conversation will begin at 9 AM. Last week, Rahul had interacted with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on the issue.
India.com News Desk | Apr 6, 2020, 10:25 PM IST
Nobel Economics Prize Winner for 2019, Banerjee will be a part of the expert committee and would advise on the state's economic growth that has witnessed a drastic fall due to the recent lockdown.
India.com News Desk | Mar 29, 2020, 1:52 PM IST
The duo demands that the government should be bolder with the social transfers schemes. "Without that, the demand crisis will snowball into an economic avalanche, and people will have no choice but to defy orders", they warned.
India.com News Desk | Jan 26, 2020, 8:55 PM IST
Banerjee's remarks come amid the ongoing protests across the country against the CAA-NRC-NPR combine. The opposition has come under fire for not being united against the government on the issue and corner it on the same.
PTI | Jan 11, 2020, 9:21 PM IST
The comments from the MIT professor, whose work on poverty alleviation won him the coveted Nobel Prize recently, came weeks ahead of the Delhi polls.
India.com News Desk | Dec 11, 2019, 8:45 AM IST
While Abhijit Banerjee chose a golden-border dhoti teamed with a black jacket, Esther wore a green and blue saree with a red blouse. Praises showered more for Esther as she chose an Indian attire at the global platform.
India.com News Desk | Oct 22, 2019, 12:41 PM IST
After the meeting, PM Modi said in a tweet that the duo had a "healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects".
India.com News Desk | Oct 22, 2019, 10:50 AM IST
Nobel Laureates for Economics Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning, stated a report.
