Economics Miscellaneous (Part – IV)

Nicholas Stern is a British economist and academician. He was the Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 2000 to 2003. His research focused on economic development and growth. Hence Stern is associated with Economics rather than construction technology. Pairs of other options are correctly matched.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) on 1st June, 2016, NDMP aims to make India disaster resilient and reduce the loss of lives due to disasters.

Ratan Tata decided to move his Lakhtakia Nano Car project from Singur, West Bengal to Sanand, Gujarat.

When the question was asked, R. Seshasayee was the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). For 2024-25, Sanjiv Puri is the President of CII. He assumed the office in May, 2024. He is the Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Limited.

According to 'The Rich Report 2004' published by 'The Mail on Sunday' the richest person of Asia was Lakshmi Niwas Mittal.

Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory and for his interest in the problems poorest members of society's. Welfare economics seeks to evaluate economic policies in terms of their effects on the well-being of the community.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) was established in connection with the Riksbank's 300th anniversary in 1968. The prize is awarded every year since 1969 to a person or persons in the field of economic sciences who have produced work of outstanding importance. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences appoints the prize- winner(s) according to the same principles as for the Nobel Prizes. The prize amount is also the same as for the Nobel Prizes, 11 million Swedish Kronor, and is paid by the Riksbank. If there is more than one winner, the prize amount is shared equally between them. The 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Dr. Claudia Goldin of USA, "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes."

The Nobel Prize Committee has awarded the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to Angus Deaton for his analysis of consumption, poverty and welfare. The 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was divided equally between the American economists Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig "for research on banks and financial crisis." The 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Claudia Goldin, "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour mar- ket outcomes".

The book 'India's Economic Policy: The Gandhian Blue Print' is written by former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Charan Singh.

The book 'On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation' was written by David Ricardo. Pairs of other three options are correctly matched.