'We do not know how long this will last and what toll it will take on the economy. For that purpose the global advisory board has been formed,' said CM Mamata Banerjee New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that Nobel laureate and economist Abhijit Banerjee is going to come onboard an advisory panel formed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) led state government to tackle the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.
Abhijit Banerjee is going to be in an advisory role and will be engaged with formulating an economic policy to tide over the fallout of the pandemic’s spread.
Nobel Economics Prize for 2019 was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating