Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Abhijit Banerjee, an Indian-origin professor who won the Nobel in Economics. After this meeting in the Prime Minister’s Office, Modi tweeted, “Great meeting with Nobel Honor Abhijeet Banerjee. His passion for human empowerment is visible. We had very healthy and long talks on many issues. India is proud of his achievements. Many wishes to him for the future. ”
Prime Minister explained the change in bureaucracy: Banerjee
After meeting Modi, Banerjee said, “Prime Minister gave me a very long time to meet me. He made me aware of my way of thinking about India. This was different, as a man explains the policy and the thinking behind it. But they told me how they look at governance. During the conversation, he told me how he wanted to change bureaucracy to make it more responsive and understandable on the ground. ,”
Banerjee said, “I think it is very important for India to get such bureaucracy who lives on the ground and reacts to the ground-based life. Without this, we get a government that does not respond. Thank you, Prime Minister for giving me a chance to meet. ”
Modi even congratulated Banerjee after he won the Nobel
The Prime Minister had earlier tweeted and congratulated Abhijeet after they announced his name for Nobel. Modi had said that Abhijeet Banerjee has done important work in poverty alleviation.
Piyush Goyal called Banerjee a leftist
This meeting of Modi and Banerjee has come when Union Minister Piyush Goyal recently described him as having an inclination towards leftist ideology. Goyal had said that Banerjee sang the great virtues of the justice scheme, but the people of the country rejected his thinking. After this, Banerjee told a TV channel, Goyal is questioning my professionalism.
Indian won the Nobel of economics after 21 years
Born in India and a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His wife Estey Duflo (47), a professor at MIT, and Michael Kramer (54), an economics professor at Harvard University, for the honor, accompanied him. It is 21 years later when an Indian was elected Nobel of Economics. Prior to Abhijeet, Amartya Sen, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, was given this honor in 1998.
