Published 17:48 IST, October 14th 2019
Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; Netizens react
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in the Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday.
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Abhijit Banerjee was awarded 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Ecomic Sciences in Memory of Alfred bel, or more commonly kwn as bel Prize for Ecomics, on Monday. He shared prestigious award with his wife Esr Duflo, and Michael Kremer for ir experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. prize which is a part of ble stable of awards was created by Riksbanken, Swedish Central Bank in 1968 and first winner was selected in 1969. 81 bel Laureates have been awarded prize in ecomic sciences. Twitter soon exploded with congratulatory tweets and warm wishes for Banerjee. Netizens reacted with good wishes.
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Here are some of reactions
Several politicians and leers including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also took to Twitter to wish Banerjee on receiving bel Prize.
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"Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer's approach best," says bel Prize
bel Prize official Twitter handle while giving furr details on Banerjee's feat said that over 700 million people, even today, survive on very low income and every year, five million children die before ir fifth birthday due to inability to afford even cheap and simple treatments. bel Prize also credited Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer for introducing a new approach to obtain reliable answers about best way to combat global poverty.
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16:25 IST, October 14th 2019