Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen feels it will be interesting to find out why in spite of a stable government for three decades, West Bengal remains a “mid-level” performing state in terms of public programmes — health, education and other sectors. “We have to investigate and find out. If someone had predicted the history of 21st century, he would have said the state would have been leading in IT services in the country. But it is not so,” said Sen, while releasing a report on Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in the state.
Sen, however, said it is not only the governance that could be at the core of it, but other issues like nature of society and its dynamism also determines the success of public initiatives.
Amartya Sen dwells on ‘mid-level’ Bengalby B B malkhandi on 26 Feb 2009
Dear Sir , The Noble laurate does comment on states of affairs especially on social-issues and poverty.he has just all rights to let the readers know about these issues. I admire him for his courageRegards
