World Bank Managing Director for Operations Anna Bjerde said the bank is supporting the government turning the growth into jobs and also sustainable development.
The new steps, still in discussion, come on top of initial steps approved in April that will boost World Bank lending by up to $50 billion over the next decade.
World Bank President Ajay Banga will unveil measures, including the pause on repayments and embedding catastrophe insurance into new loans in a speech in Paris on Thursday.
During meeting with Banga a day before former Mastercard CEO takes office at World Bank, Yellen ‘conveyed her strong desire for Treasury to continue close collaboration’ with him.
Banga, nominated for the post by US President Joe Biden, will take over the role on 2 June. He was the sole contender to replace departing chief David Malpass whose term ends next month.
Banga, 63, recently completed a 3-week world tour to meet govt leaders, civil society groups and others in borrowing and donor countries as he campaigned for the bank's top post.
These discussion will focus on India’s development priorities, the World Bank, & global economic development challenges, the Treasury said in a statement.
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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