Policy also depends on what public wants: Amartya Sen

This past Monday, Economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen blamed the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for stalling the National Food Security Bill by disrupting proceedings in Parliament.

The battle for the Food Security Bill should not be confined to the centre. Ultimately, it is the states where it will matter to people. States like Tamil Nadu and Chattisgarh prove that it works.

IANS New Delhi, May 06, 2013 First Published: 16:57 IST(6/5/2013) | Last Updated: 17:00 IST(6/5/2013) Advertisement Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Monday expressed dismay over the persistent disruptions of parliament that have scuttled chances of discussions on ...

Two academicians from Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University have been awarded the Amartya Sen Awards, which are bestowed upon social scientists who have made a distinguished contribution towards the advancement of knowledge in any field of Social ...

ON May 6, at a press conference in Delhi Sen himself has always favoured a universal public distribution system (PDS); the fact that he came out so strongly for the passing of the proposed bill which is targeted to provide food security to only 67 ...

Responding to Sens remarks that the Oppositions continued disruption of Parliament was against the tradition of Indian democracy, Lekhi said, "All I can say is that Amartya Sen is low on history. He is an economist and doesn't know the history of Congress." ...

India May 07(IM):Amartya Sen suggested in a speech on Monday that Parliament should be made aware of the number of deaths caused by its inability to get work done. The Nobel economist was obviously referring to the costs of inaction on the proposed ...

Noble laureate Amratya Sen on Saturday said it is unfortunate that government has not been able to push through the Food Security Bill that sought to provide subsidised foodgrains to people below poverty line.

Amartya Sen, as befits a Nobel laureate, has often produced careful calculations to throw light on dark situations, such as the number of deaths caused by Mao's Great Leap Forward in China. So, it was astonishing to hear him say on a recent TV ...