Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and held a “healthy and extensive” interaction on various subjects. Banerjee, an Indian-born American professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has won Nobel in economics, jointly with wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. “Excellent meeting with Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee. His passion towards human empowerment is clearly visible.
We had a healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects. India is proud of his accomplishments. Wishing him the very best for his future endeavours,” Modi said in a tweet, sharing a picture from their meeting. Modi tweeted an image of him with Banerjee. Modi wrote, “Excellent meeting with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee. His passion towards human empowerment is clearly visible.
We had a healthy and extensive interaction on various subjects. India is proud of his accomplishments…” The meeting between Modi and Banerjee comes days after some leaders of the BJP had criticised the economist, particularly for his association with the Congress party’s NYAY universal basic income scheme, which it had proposed before the recent Lok Sabha polls.
