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World Bank approves USD 400 million to enhance India's coastal resources
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 29: The World Bank (WB) has approved USD 400 million multi-year financial support to India to enhance and safeguard its coastal and marine resources.
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World Bank predicts sharpest decline of remittances in recent history
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 23 (ANI): Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 per cent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to the World Bank.
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L&T Construction bags large contracts for water & effluent treatme
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 13 (ANI): The water and effluent treatment business of L&T Construction has secured three engineering procurement construction (EPC) water management orders from the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation.
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World Bank extends USD 1 billion emergency funding to India amidst COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): The World Bank on Thursday (local time) approved USD 1 billion emergency financing to India which will support better screening of coronavirus patients, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics. The fund will also be used for procurement of personal
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COVID-19 impact: World Bank predicts South Asian economies will bleed, 11
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 31 (ANI): East Asia and the Pacific could see up to 11 million people driven into poverty, with low wage and informal sector workers becoming the most vulnerable, the World Bank has warned in a report on the economic impact as experts predict dire economic fallout
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Union Cabinet approves construction of 780 km Green National Highway Corri
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has approved construction of 780 km Green National Highway Corridor project with an investment of Rs 7660 crore in partnership with the World Bank.
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World Bank announces up to USD 12 bn as emergency aid to countries coping
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 4 (ANI): As coronavirus reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group has pledged to make available an initial package of up to USD 12 billion to assist countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the global outbreak.
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JNPT achieves significant improvement in import dwell time
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 28 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has achieved significant improvement in overall dwell time, especially the import dwell time which has reduced from 55 hours in 2018-19 to 37 hours in 2019-20.
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Invest in human resources, World Bank team tells Andhra Pradesh government
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh would make rapid strides in development if it invests more in human resources, said the World Bank team led by Regional Director of South Asia Human Resources Branch of World Bank, Sherbern Benz, which met Chief Minister YS Jag
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India, World Bank sign USD 450 million loan agreement to improve groundwat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI): The India government and the World Bank on Monday signed a USD 450 million loan agreement to support the national programme to arrest the country's depleting groundwater levels and strengthen groundwater institutions.
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India jumps 79 notches in World Bank's ease of doing business rankings, lo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Since 2014, India has moved up 79 positions in the World Bank's Doing Business rankings, improving from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019 with the country improving on seven out of the 10 parameters, points out the Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled in Parliament on F
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Grassroots level reforms have helped India improve global ranking signific
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The reforms carried out by the Centre in the past five years at the grassroots level have led to significant improvement in India's global ranking in many fields, said President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday.
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