<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Professor Y K Alagh. Mr. Modi said, he was a distinguished scholar who was passionate about various aspects of public policy, particularly rural development, the environment, and economics.<br />''Professor Y K Alagh was a well-known economist, former Union Minister, and an emeritus professor at Ahmedabad-based Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research.</span><br />