India signs $175-million loan pact with World Bank to improve water management
NEW DELHI: India today signed a $175 million loan pact with the World Bank for National Hydrology Project that aims to improve management of water […]
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World Bank commits $ 100 mn for health project in Uttarakhand
The World Bank has approved a USD 100-million loan for a health project in Uttarakhand to provide medical services in the state. The financing agreement […]
Need to focus on India’s rural roads: World Bank experts
Much of India’s existing rural road network has suffered serious damage from increasingly severe and prolonged floods, sudden cloudbursts, high rainfalls, landslides, and other climatic […]
Himachal becomes India’s second ‘Open Defecation Free’ state, to get Rs 9,000 cr funding from World Bank
Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar said it was heartening to note how the state has achieved the ODF target, at least five months […]
GSMA Announces Additional Commitments from Indian Operators to Reduce Mobile Gender Gap by 2020
NEW DELHI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–At the GSMA Mobile 360 – India conference, the GSMA announced a further three signatories to the Connected Women Commitment Initiative, which focuses […]
Big boost to India: 16 states score over 80% in World Bank `Ease of Doing Business` ranking
New Delhi: The `Make of India` programme of the government has spurred strong competition among Indian states in improving the ease of doing business in […]
India only bright spot amid global mkts: World Bank India chief
Welcoming the relaxation in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms, World Bank’s Country Director in India Onno Ruhl said it is important for the government to […]