India, the bank's second biggest shareholder after China, is looking to borrow from the AIIB.
'Significantly, Foreign Secretary Gokhale was received at very high level in Beijing.' 'It only shows China's keenness to move forward and put the relationship on a 'win-win' footing,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Optimistic on India sustaining 7 to 8 per cent growth, Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said it might scale up assistance to $3 billion annually and is ready for another Rupee bond issue for funding private sector.