India and the World Bank Current Affairs, GK & News
World Bank’s World Governance Indicators (WGI)
According to a presentation prepared in 2020, by the then Principal Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance, Sanjeev Sanyal, inputs that go into the making of the World Bank’s World Governance Indicators (WGI) are arbitrary. What is the presentation about? A presentation titled— “Subjective Factors that impact India’s Sovereign Ratings: What can we do ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Fitch • Governance • India and the World Bank • Moody • Moody's Analytics • Sovereign ratings • WGI
World Bank Loan to West Bengal
The World Bank recently approved a loan of thousand crores of rupees for the West Bengal government. The loan amount is to be used in implementing 400 programmes run by the state government. Programmes The loan is to be used to help the vulnerable and poor groups of the society. The loan is to be ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Duare Sarkar • Government of West Bengal • India and the World Bank • Mamta Banerjee • World Bank
World Bank: $150 million to Chennai’s Sustainable Urban Services
World Bank has approved about $150 million program to support Chennai’s Sustainable Urban Services and to turn it into a “world-class city”. Highlights This programme will fulfil Tamil Nadu’s vision of making Chennai into a city which is more green, liveable, and resilient towards climate change. Apart from programme in Tamil Nadu, World Bank has ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • International Current Affairs
Topics: India and the World Bank • Sustainable Urban Services Program • World bank programme for Chennai • World Bank programme for Meghalaya
India-World Bank: Loan comes with the condition of “Universal Eligibility” affects Make in India
In May 2020, the World bank had sanctioned 1 billion USD of loan to India. This is the highest ever loan sanctioned by the bank to India. About the loan The loan was provided to help India prevent, detect and respond to COVID-19 crisis. The funds provided were exclusively for the India COVID-19 Emergency Response ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: India and the World Bank • india-world bank • Make in India • Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order 2017 • Railway Board • universal eligbility • World Bank
PM Modi dedicates “Rewa Solar Project” to the nation
On July 10, 2020, PM Modi will inaugurate the 750 MW of Rewa Solar Project. It is Asia’s largest solar power project. It is located in the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh. Highlights The Rewa project consists of three solar generating units of 250 MW each on a 500 hectare land. On the whole, the ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Clean technology • India and the World Bank • PM Modi • Rewa Solar Project • Solar Energy • Solar power • Solar Power in India • World Bank
World Bank presents its report to Finance Commission of India
On July 8, 2020, the World Bank submitted its report on Health, Nutrition and Population to the Finance Commission of India. It is to be noted that the finance commission is consulting the World Bank to decide on the allocation of funds for the health sector. Highlights The Finance Commission for the first time in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Ayushman bharat • COVID-19 • Finance Commission • India and the World Bank • pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana • Tuberculosis • World Bank