New Delhi, June 14 -- Renowned Belgian-born Indian welfare economist Jean Dreze was awarded the Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) during the world inequality conference organised at the Paris School of Economics.
Dreze got this recognition due to his pioneering work on poverty and inequality measurement in India and his advocacy for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
After receiving this award, Dreze said, " This recognition is not something I achieved on my own. All the work I do is in collaboration with people and collectives working for change.""I live and work in India, which was rightly described as a 'museum of inequality' by Dr BR Ambedkar. India has all possible var...