Premier statistical and economic research body Indian Statistical Institute(ISI) has entered into an agreement with London School of Economics for promoting research on economic growth.
The collaboration's central objective is to produce demand driven research outputs relevant to India's long term growth, Chairman of ISI Council and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said here today.
He also said the collaboration would strengthen the capacity of India's policy research bodies.
LSE would pay a total amount of GBP one lakh towards the collaboration.