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Road smoothened for highway plan TOI
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has got in-principle clearance for a 1500 kilometre (km) long second phase of state highway development plan (SHDP). It has floated tenders worth Rs 412 crore for fulfillment of the terms of reference of World Bank to avai
Food subsidy poses fiscal threat, may not help poor: World Bank ET
NEW DELHI: Prices of globally traded food declined for the third consecutive quarter since their historical peak in August 2012, a World Bank (WB) report has said, but cautioned that uncertain weather conditions and domestic policy decisions such as exte
India must look at green growth: World Bank report TOI
MUMBAI: India can make green growth a reality by putting in place strategies to reduce environmental degradation at the minimal cost of 0.02% to 0.04% of average annual GDP growth rate. According to a new World Bank report released today, this will allow
World Bank to fund investment plans in UP TOI
LUCKNOW, World Bank has agreed to fund the preparation of preliminary master plans of Auraiya Investment Zone and Allahabad-Naini-Bara Investment Zone, officials said Friday. Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department (IIDD) principal secretary
World Bank says global food prices fell again in latest period ET
WASHINGTON: Global food prices fell by 2 per cent in the latest four-month period, marking the third straight period of declines, as declining imports in the Middle East and North Africa, and lower demand pushed prices down 12 per cent from their August
World Bank nod to funding for UP zonal master plans TOI
LUCKNOW: With UP agreeing to become a stakeholder in the Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor, a team of officials from the World Bank met top officials of the UP government to plan the initiative. On Thursday, World Bank officials agreed to fund t
Himachal Pradesh to explore sustainable tourism TOI
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is reviewing the state tourism policy of 2005 with technical assistance from the World Bank to give more emphasis to sustainable tourism development in the state. Given the prospective growth of tourism in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnau
World Bank delivers record aid to poorest countries ET
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said on Tuesday it had delivered record aid to the poorest countries in the past year, half of it to Africa, despite a difficult global economy. Commitments for the International Development Association (IDA), the Bank arm that
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Only outdoor air pollution in urban areas claims 1.09 lakh lives of adults, another 7,513 of children below 5 years annually, says a latest report of World Bank. The study released on Wednesday revealed that the annual cost of environmental degradation in India is about Rs 3.75 lakh crores, which is equivalent to 5.7% of country's GDP.
In the past two decades, developing countries have urbanized rapidly, with the number of people living in urban settlements rising from about 1.5 billion in 1990 to 3.6 billion in 2011, a World Bank report says.
Six of the 20 projects shortlisted for the India Development Marketplace (DM) funded by the Work Bank Group are focussed on MP.
World Bank to fund anti-trespassing project at suburban stations in Mumbai.
The Kanpur university is the only varsity in the state whose students have been selected by World Bank team for interaction with the WB President.
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The students of Kanpur university have been selected by the team of World Bank. These students will be part of seven member student team which will get a chance to ask questions from World Bank President on developmental issues and get his replies. ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************
Two students of Kanpur university will be meeting World Bank President in New Delhi on Wednesday. They will be taking part in youth interactive session. ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************
The World Bank is going to assist the state government in spreading awareness among the rural population about judicious use of water, water conservation and impart required training to the people from 2013-14.
With an objective to improve credit potential and encourage organisations working at the grass root level, World Bank has invited applications from social enterprise projects working in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh to participate in the 2013 India Development Marketplace (DM) . Having picked 15 successful projects of Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa in the year 2011 and giving them cash award of $50,000 to $ 1,00,000 the Bank has now invited entries from these second group of low income group states.
World Bank India Economic Update damns economic growth in India; says slow down of this kind not seen since the beginning of 2000s.
UP State Water Structuring Project Phase-II is a huge project involving an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. The project which is scheduled to be implemented in the next seven years aims at ensuring maximum irrigated area with the available water by modernising lower Ganga canal irrigation system.
The World Bank team comprised Winston U, Ben Obrein, Abhorwankar, MK Goyal, Anju Gaud, Dr Anupam Joshi, Shankar Narayanan, S Bal Gopal and Tanuj Mathur. The World Bank team apprised APC about its findings during visit to project area.
He said that the project in its totality, whether it is construction work or availability of staff, will go through according to time table drawn out to complete the project. This assurance was given to World Bank team by the APC in a wrap up meeting in his office.
UP agriculture production commissioner, Alok Ranjan, has assured the world bank team that UP will implement modernisation of lower Ganga canal irrigation system project funded by World Bank as per the time table agreed upon between the state and the financer.
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The beauty of this new agreement is that it is no longer using World Bank-specific ordering, invoicing and payment systems. The countries can now review specifications and select reproductive health supplies from UNFPA’s online catalogue to place their orders. The process is the same irrespective of whether the funding comes from the World Bank or public budget ... This is an important step in facilitating achievement of health and development outcomes and working toward seamless partnerships that ultimately benefit our clients and people who use these health supplies.
The beauty of this new agreement is that it is no longer using World Bank-specific ordering, invoicing and payment systems. The countries can now review specifications and select reproductive health supplies from UNFPA’s online catalogue to place their orders. The process is the same irrespective of whether the funding comes from the World Bank or public budget ... This is an important step in facilitating achievement of health and development outcomes and working toward seamless partnerships that ultimately benefit our clients and people who use these health supplies.
