World Bank on Wednesday warned that a prolonged war in Iraq may adversely affect India's GDP growth prospects in this fiscal.
World Bank customarily withdraws fund for a project that has not been built in seven years.
The World Bank said on Wednesday rise in interest rates and oil prices is likely to slow down India's growth for the next few years.
India, along with other South Asian countries, is expected to sustain a growth of 6-6.3 per cent in the next two years, although global economic growth is slated to decline to 3.2 per cent, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
World Bank on Monday said it expects Indian economy to grow by 8 per cent this fiscal but asked the government to open up more sectors for foreign direct investment, encourage private sector participation and improve infrastructure.
The eight-day long annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which began in Dubai on Wednesday, would intensively discuss employment creation, private sector development and financial sector reforms.
Education loan growth is set to halve this fiscal (FY26) because disbursements for the US decelerate following a raft of policy changes there.
Lafitte was appointed neutral expert for the contentious 450 mw power project in May by the World Bank after Pakistan said construction of the Baglihar project violated the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.
'My job is to provide people with a bouquet of options they can choose from.'
According to the finance minister, India was compliant with most of the internationally accepted standards in banking, securities markets and insurance sector.
As in-person negotiations between India and the US kickstarted on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expected India to strike the first bilateral trade deal to avert President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs.
While edging up China's gross domestic product growth projection for both 2010 and 2011, the report said that growth in domestic demand would remain strong although exports could suffer from a predicted global economic slowdown next year.
Observing that economy was "going well" in India, which has large internal markets, the World Bank said on Thursday that growth had to be labour oriented, even as it expressed concern over the mounting fiscal deficit.
The World Bank said on Monday that it would "more or less" stick to its forecast of 6.5 per cent growth rate for Indian economy despite the damage suffered by the country in the tsunami tragedy.
World Bank will provide another $220 million loan to Andhra Pradesh to expedite the reforms process even as it was considering sanctioning such loans to Tamil Nadu and Orissa as well.
The additional finance will also help the government focus on improving the quality of water supply.
The government and World Bank on Tuesday signed an agreement for a credit of 180 million SDR ($250 million equivalent) from International Development Agency for the Technical Engineering Education Quality Improvement Project.
The government is in talks with the World Bank for technical and financial assistance for overall e-governance projects in the country.
From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Titan, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, Infosys and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the biggest laggards. On the other hand, Adani Ports, Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, Eternal and Hindustan Unilever were among the gainers.
Investors believe Indian is a tough place to do business with.
In line with its decision to maintain borrowing within its "load bearing" capacity, Karnataka has decided against going in for more loans from the World Bank and other agencies, Chief Minister S M Krishna said on Wednesday.
The World Bank and IMF have announced that they will try to complete reforms in the Bank's voting structure by next year, a move which would give emerging economies like China and India a greater say in the affairs of the financial institutions.
The World Bank has approved a $120 million loan to support the development of India's small and medium enterprises sector.
India's Railways has struggled to expand to keep up with demand
The series marks the beginning of a new cycle for both India and England in the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC).
World Bank is optimistic that the Indian economy can grow by 6-8 per cent in the coming years but has asked the government to improve social services like education and health.
The racing scenes in Brad Pitt's new F1 movie are impressively authentic but the filmmakers have also made much of how the sport's past is woven into the plot -- with a hefty slice of Hollywood artistic licence.
Pakistan will get a whopping $6.2 billion aid from the World Bank in the next three years to come out of the current economic crisis, reduce poverty and improve the fragile security situation in the country.
The revised projection comes after a 17% rise in the April-June.
'I am not an aspiration-oriented politician.' 'This is the time to redefine politics.' 'Politics of power is not real politics.'
Amid criticism over engaging experts from multilateral agencies like World Bank, Planning Commission on Wednesday asserted that none of the "outside bodies"
India is on track to register its entire 1.25 billion population using its Aadhaar digital ID.
In its global economic forecast update for 2009, the World Bank projected a growth rate of 4 per cent for India during 2009-10, while the ADB, in its outlook, expects the economy to expand by 5 per cent. A separate outlook by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a club of developed countries, has forecast a 4.3 per cent growth rate for India. India had last grown below this level in 2002-03, when the economy expanded by 3.8 per cent.
Successful demonetisation will help in raising revenues on sustained basis as more and more people will come under the tax net, says a World Bank report.
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