Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee will be on the board,” said the chief minister. The chief minister said she would talk to Abhijit, one of the recipients of the 2019 Nobel prize in economics, on Monday evening. The sources said Abhijit had spoken to the chief minister soon after the lockdown had started and expressed his desire to help the state. “The chief minister decided to set up the board as she apprehends the economy would be hit hard because of the lockdown. “The chief minister is concerned about loss of jobs and dip in income opportunities among the downtrodden.

Source: The Telegraph April 06, 2020 20:03 UTC