The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a proposal by the Department of AIDS Control for the implementation of the National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP) at a cost of Rs.

Loan granted under concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for 25 years

The World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $100 million to the National Housing Bank (NHB) for implementation of low income housing programme.
The loan has been granted under the concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for a period of 25 years.

Says China and India will also turn into the world's two biggest investors by 2030

The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial markets, the World Bank predicted in a report on Thursday.

BHOPAL: Striving for a place under the sun - Madhya Pradesh could outdo other states in renewable energy sector, government officials claimed on Thursday.

Waking up to the tidal surge threat, the Odisha government has finalised a World Bank funded comprehensive blueprint to protect the vulnerable seaside human settlements from ingress of furious sea

The government has opened 90 new water testing labs in the state, in addition to the 30 that operate at the district level.

The government and World Bank today signed two new project agreements with a combined value of $77.6 million.

The implementation of the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has increased the average income of families under the project area by a significant nine per cent.

Stating this while interacting with a delegation of the World Bank Mission, led by Norman Piccioni, here yesterday, Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmouri said there had been a considerable improvement in the lifestyle of 25 per cent people belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. The delegation was here to take stock of developmental activities under the project in the state.

Awardees include profit and not-for-profit firms in M.P., Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand

The World Bank Institute awarded $2 million (Rs. 10.74 crores) to 20 organisations working in the sectors of financial inclusion, trafficking, health, education and livelihood. The grant of $ 100,000 (Rs. 53.7 lakhs) per project is to help these social enterprises expand in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. The awards were given by World Bank’s country director Onno Ruhl and Programme Lead (Development Marketplace) Drew von Glahn, at the 2013 India Development Marketplace held at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, here on Wednesday.

A two–day workshop on World Bank aided Assam State Roads Project drew to a close at NEDFI House recently.

The road experts and engineers were one in their opinion that the ambitious project would bring about a total transformation in the surface communication in the State. The road experts dwelt at length on the modernisation of the road policies, engineering practices, asset management system, maintenance, institutional and human resource development, streamlining and computerisation of the key business process of PWD, safe corridor demonstration programme, capacity building in PWD.