World Bank has appointed Onno Ruhl as the Country Director for India.He will replace Roberto Zagha who retires in October.Ruhl, a Dutch national, was previously the Director for Operations Services......
The World Bank will not reduce financial assistance to India for poverty alleviation measures because of the recent official data that showed a decline in the number of poor people in the......
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $1.5-billion credit and loan for India's Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana aimed towards improving rural accessibility of roads.The new project will concentrate......
The country has become the largest recipient of the World Bank loans with over $9 billion worth assistance this fiscal ending June 2010, up fourfold over the previous fiscal. The Washington-based......
The World Bank has decided to extend an additional soft loan of $1.05 billion (Rs 4,772 crore) to the government to improve the quality of education under two major schemes on elementary and......