India and ADB

ADB supports India’s priorities for robust, climate resilient, and inclusive growth, aligned with ADB’s Strategy 2030 and the country partnership strategy, 2023–2027.

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India Facts

ADB's Work in India

India is a founding member of ADB and the bank’s fourth largest shareholder. Since commencing operations in 1986, ADB has aligned its operations in the country to the government’s developing priorities. This approach will be pursued through the forthcoming country partnership strategy, 2023–2027. ADB remains committed to reinvigorating India’s economy to generate more formal jobs, help address climate challenges, and assist lower-income states. ADB operations also promote private sector development, gender empowerment, regional integration, knowledge solutions, and capacity development.


 

Data: India

Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Development indicators for India, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.

 

ADB Projects in India View all projects

 
 

Contact: India Resident Mission (INRM)

4 San Martin Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 India

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)


Mio Oka (Ms)
Country Director
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Hoe Yun Jeong (Mr)
Deputy Country Director
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Rajesh Kumar Deol (Mr)
External Relations/NGO Focal Point
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Venkateswara Rao Penta (Mr)
Unit Head, Finance and Administration
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Aarti Mehra (Ms)
Principal Investment Specialist (Office of Private Sector)
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ADB’s lending operations to India started in 1986, and the India Resident Mission was opened in 1992. The resident mission provides the primary operational link for activities between ADB and the government, the private sector, civil society stakeholders, and development partners. It engages in policy dialogue, country partnership strategy development and programming, and portfolio management, while also acting as a knowledge base on development issues in India.

The India government agency handling ADB affairs is the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance.

INRM will be closed on these dates:

Last updated: 15 March 2024