A credit agreement of $600 million equivalent, for the Second Elementary Education Project, was signed on Thursday between the government of India and the World Bank. An agreement to this effect......
The World Bank has approved a $ 325 million loan for India to fund a major water project in Maharashtra.Michael Carter, the bank's country director for India, said the project would improve water......
In South Asia, the World Bank also approved $200 million for Pakistan, $100 million for Afghanistan, $7.3 million for the Maldives and $128.6 million for Sri Lanka. IMAGE: Railway police......
Pakistan on Wednesday claimed the World Bank has 'committed' itself to 'timely fulfilling its obligations' under the Indus Water Treaty while remaining neutral as Islamabad approached the......
India's rural employment guarantee programme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act has been ranked as the world's largest public works programme, providing social security net......
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 on Tuesday raised the growth forecast for the Indian economy to 7 per cent from an earlier projection of 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal, helped by recovery in the agri sector and......
More than 500 million of the rural population in India continue to defecate in the open, suffering from preventable deaths, illness, stunting, harassment and economic losses. Image: Prime......
The World Bank projects India's gross domestic product to expand to 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal on account of increased economic activity and greater stability. "India's economic growth is......
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......
'With an achievement like this, Gukesh could even be endorsing global brands.' IMAGE: World Chess Champion D Gukesh with his trophy in Singapore on Friday, December 13, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo......