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TBS Ep51: Crisper Notes | Bank Health | Challenges for Indian banks
How will ATMs deliver crisper notes? What are the challenges for Indian banking in FY24? This and more in today's episode of The Business Standard Banking Show
Inefficient teachers were always there: Abhijit Banerjee on teacher's scam
West Bengal Nobel Laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said it is not a new phenomenon that inefficient teachers have penetrated the education system over multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in WB
 "Inefficient teachers were always there: Abhijit Banerjee on teacher's scam")
Need to reintegrate children back into the system: Abhijeet Banerjee
Noting that temporary school closures will cause permanent damage, he said merely reopening schools will not be enough
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India faces 'extreme pain', aspirations dashed: economist Abhijit Banerjee
The Nobel laureate was sharing his observations from a recent visit to West Bengal.
Abhijit Banerjee flags methodology used for Global Hunger Index rankings
India should not take the drop in its Global Hunger Index ranking "seriously" as the methodology used for the exercise is 'model-based' and not survey-based, Banerjee said
Covid 3rd wave may pull GDP growth down to 7%: Economist Abhijit Banerjee
Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Thursday apprehended that the impending third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic might adversely impact the GDP
 "Covid 3rd wave may pull GDP growth down to 7%: Economist Abhijit Banerjee")
Centre should be more into free-spending policies: Abhijit Banerjee
Banerjee heads West Bengal's Global Advisory Board (GAB) and advises the state government on issues related to the pandemic
Govt 'not calling it right', must boost spending in Covid: Abhijit Banerjee
Nobel Laureate says it is 'not clear at all' if bond markets would react negatively to moves to avert crisis.
India's Covid-19 problem is now the world's problem
Leaders and scientists need to figure out what should be done to combat variants of the virus.
 "India's Covid-19 problem is now the world's problem")
Best of BS Opinion: PM's Muslim outreach, Covid-19 crisis, and more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Meet Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, the mild-mannered sharp shooter
Banerjee tells Anjuli Bhargava he wants the world to have the right conversations before marching on in its battle against extreme poverty
 "Meet Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, the mild-mannered sharp shooter")
Elitist mindset behind India's learning poverty, says Abhijit Banerjee
There is evidence to show that enough people don't know about the benefits of education, says Banerjee
India among worst-performing economies; stimulus lacking: Abhijit Banerjee
He, however, said that the country will see a revival in growth in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal
 "India among worst-performing economies; stimulus lacking: Abhijit Banerjee")
Financial viability of universal basic income
One argument that is cited against UBI is that it may generate laziness. The experiment is Kenya, quoted by Abhijit Banerjee and Bardhan, shows that it does not
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Unsure whether India gains if businesses shift from China: Abhijit Banerjee
"India plans to spend less than one per cent of its GDP at Rs 1.70 trillion. We should spend a much-increased proportion of GDP," he said
 "Unsure whether India gains if businesses shift from China: Abhijit Banerjee")
Hand out temporary ration cards, money to the poor: Abhijit Banerjee
Economist and former RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan had a similar interaction with Gandhi last week
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Eight suggestions from Abhijit Banerjee to revive the Covid-19-hit economy
Abhijit Banerjee pointed out several measures, including giving temporary ration cards, a bigger stimulus package and providing cash to India's poorest 60% to revive the Covid-19-hit economy
 "Eight suggestions from Abhijit Banerjee to revive the Covid-19-hit economy")
Top headlines: India to evacuate 15k citizens; gold imports plunge in April
From April gold imports plunging to Israeli research team getting a step closer to developing a Covid-19 vaccine, here are the top headlines of the day
 "Top headlines: India to evacuate 15k citizens; gold imports plunge in April")
Coronavirus morning updates: Is China winning the hunt for vaccine race?
According to international media, four Chinese companies have begun testing their vaccine candidates on humans, more than the United States and Britain combined
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Hand out temporary ration cards to feed the poor: Abhijit Banerjee
According to the nobel laureate, spending is the easiest way to revive the economy as MSME sector will get back to its position which will have subsequent chain reaction
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