New Delhi, Aug. 8 : The United Progressive Alliance Government earned appreciation of the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the Government''s draft of a Right to Food (Guarantee of Safety and Security) Bill.

Speaking during a panel discussion in the national capital on Saturday, Amartya Sen called the Government's initiative being "a step in the right direction".

London, June 13 : Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was conferred the honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Cambridge.

The degree was conferred on him on Friday by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the 800th Anniversary Honorary Degree Congregation at the Senate House in Cambridge.

Eminent economist and Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen has asked the
Union government to provide primary health care facilities to people,
particularly those coming from economically weaker sections of society.

Prof Sen said that the policymakers need to be more responsive towards
the common people. He also asked the state government to allocate more
funds for the district hospitals to improve primary health care
facilities.

Apart from this, Prof Sen laid stressed on the need for developing the

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen supported reservation in higher educational institutions for the under privileged sections of society. He asked to understand the justice component in quotas as Indian lower class has always been denied to study on the basis of cast, creed and poverty.

New Delhi, Aug 11 : Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen will deliver the inaugural Professor Hiren Mukherjee Annual Parliamentary Lecture in the Central Hall of Parliament today.

The lecture on "Demands of Social Justice" will be presided over by Vice President Hamid Ansari, while Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the chief guest.

The lecture is expected to be attended by several dignitaries and guests.

A portrait of Mukherjee will also be unveiled on the occasion.

New Delhi, Aug 10 : Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen will deliver the inaugural Professor Hiren Mukherjee Annual Parliamentary Lecture in the Central Hall of Parliament tomorrow.

The lecture on “Demands of Social Justice” will be presided over by Vice President Hamid Ansari, while Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the chief guest.

The lecture is expected to be attended by several dignitaries and guests.

A portrait of Mukherjee will also be unveiled on the occasion.

New Delhi, Dec. 18: Nobel Laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen will preside over a day-long seminar titled "The Right to Education: Actions Now" in the Kamal Mahal hall of the Maurya Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday.