"The Asian Development Bank will provide India up to 700 million dollar in loans to accelerate its roll-out of infrastructure projects through public-private partnership initiatives."
Asian Development Bank will double its annual assistance to over $2 billion and is expected to lend India $7.3 billion in the next three years.
India and Pakistan may require more than two pipeline schemes for importing gas from countries like Iran, Turkmenistan
Asian Development Bank on Monday said India needs to increase investment rate and improve productivity on a massive scale if its economy was to expand beyond 7-8 per cent.
The World Bank on Tuesday raised the growth forecast for the Indian economy to 7 per cent for the current fiscal year on the back of recovery in agri sector and rural demand. World Bank had in June projected India to grow at 6.6 per cent for FY24. According to the World Bank Report released on Tuesday, India's growth continues to be strong despite a challenging global environment.
The Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, will not meet the millennium development goal targets as in the case of other countries in the Asia Pacific region.
A study, commissioned by ADB and titled 'Policy Changes for Asia after the Global Recession: Impact of the Global Economy and Policy Implications', found Asian economies are poised for accelerated growth as the global economic crisis recedes.
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.
Asian Development Bank on Monday warned that job reservation in private sector could lead to swift flight of skilled labour from India.
Attributing to three studies on agriculture, energy and migration, the ADB said on Wednesday the impacts of rising temperatures in Asia would fall disproportionately on the region's poor, and rural women from developing countries would be among the most affected groups.
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.2 per cent, from 7 per cent projected in March, saying elevated consumer confidence will drive spending, besides increased investments. In June update to its global economic outlook report, Fitch said it expects inflation to decline to 4.5 per cent by end of this year and RBI to cut policy interest rates by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent.
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $400 million loan to build roads in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the bank said in a statement in Manila on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir will receive 'liberal financial support' for modernisation projects from the Asian Development Bank, the government said on Thursday.
The Union government has engaged the Asian Development Bank to provide technical assistance in implementing the new pension scheme for the unorganised sector.
Lauding India's economic reform process, the Asian Development Bank expected the country's economy to grow by 7-8 per cent in the medium term and said it would step up its loan exposure to $2 billion annually.
Indians are conservative, curious and women here are expected to dress modestly to avoid sexual harassment. This is the advice given out by the Asian Development Bank to all its delegates visiting India for the annual meeting beginning in Greater Noida on Thursday.
The Asian Development Bank on Monday projected that Indian economy was poised to grow by 6 per cent this year, marginally better than South Asia's growth of 5.7 per cent.
Assistance would be given to Small Industries Development Bank of India and its partner micro finance institutions to review and revise their gender policies and practices.
The Asian Development Bank on Thursday revised upwards its growth projection of Indian economy to 6.7 per cent in 2003, but cautioned that GDP was expected to grow by 6.3-6.4 per cent next year.
The Asian Development Bank is all set to tap the Indian capital market with its maiden bonds issue amounting to over Rs 455 crore (Rs 4.55 billion) and said its loan sanction to the country would go up to $1.7 billion next year.
With a total assistance of $122.21 million, India stood second to China in cornering loans from Asian Development Bank in the first quarter of this calendar year.
Asian Development Bank has predicted that South Asian economy, 80 per cent of which is accounted for by India, will grow at a slower pace of 7.7 per cent in 2007.
The Chinese yuan has the potential to be an alternative to the US dollar and help create a multi-currency global reserve system, says an Asian Development Bank report.
The rural co-operative credit sector in the country is set to get a boost with $1 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank to the centre.
Asian Development Bank has said that India's fiscal deficit targets are unlikely to be met this year due to large government spending and slow pace of domestic fuel price adjustment.
Multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank has revised upwards India's growth projection to 6 per cent for the current fiscal on account of rising business confidence but warned that inflationary pressure would continue.
It forecasts better growth on the back of stronger external demands and progress on reforms.
ADB's calculations imply almost half of India's population (47.7 per cent) was below the line in 2010. Both these estimates are based on the year 2005's purchasing power parity rates.
ADB would clear the amount by September 2005 and loans would be sanctioned by March 2006.
Need to lower fiscal deficit and get GST implemented rolling.
India will receive $9.2 billion Asian Development Bank loan during 2008-10 for 31 projects in sectors like energy, transport and financial services, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.
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.
India is set to witness a roller-coaster growth in the next three years ranging between 6-7 per cent mainly due to fluctuations in prospects of industry and services sectors, according to the Asian Development Bank.
India will catch up with China by the year 2020 in terms of economic growth on the strength of its better efficiency of investments, an Asian Development Bank economist has said.
