ADB operations in India began in 1986. Assistance has focused mainly on transport, energy, and urban development. In recent years, ADB has also been providing support for improving water resource management, promoting financial inclusion, and facilitating public–private partnerships in infrastructure.
ADB operations cover 22 Indian states, and the country has been one of the top three borrowers of ADB's ordinary capital resources loans since 2007. ADB is guided by the principles of the 3Rs (relevance, responsiveness, and results) as it designs and implements its program in India. ADB remains committed to supporting the government's efforts toward making India's growth inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
This country brief summarizes how the partnership between the Government of India and ADB has contributed to the development of the country.
Development Results of ADB-Supported Operations in India, 2004-2011
As of 31 December 2011 Download Excel file
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Sector |
Results Achieved |
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Energy |
|
Installed energy generation capacity (megawatt equivalent) |
318 |
|
Transmission lines installed or upgraded (kilometers) |
10,813 |
|
Distribution lines installed or updgraded (kilometers) |
27,007 |
|
New households connected to electricity (number) |
2,020,912 |
|
Greenhouse gas emission reduction (tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year) |
2,437,000 |
|
Finance |
|
Microfinance loan accounts opened / end borrowers reached (number) |
42,707 |
|
Transport |
|
Expressway built or updgraded (kilometers) |
244 |
|
National highways and provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded (kilometers) |
15,471 |
|
Beneficiaries from road projects (number) |
140,400,000 |
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Water |
|
Water supply pipes installed or upgraded: length of network (kilometers) |
5,450 |
|
New households served with water supply (number) |
7,111,000 |
|
Wastewater treatment capacity created (cubic meters) |
225,995 |
|
New households served with sanitation (number) |
3,547,902 |
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The table includes operations completed during the period, and funded by ADB's ordinary capital resources, special fund resources, which include the Asian Development Fund and other special funds, cofinanciers, and the government. The results presented are limited to ADB's core sectors, as defined under Strategy 2020 and tracked through indicators in the ADB Results Framework. ADB monitors results achievement in the annual Development Effectiveness Review. The numbers represent the sum of outputs and beneficiaries of individual projects. Therefore, the beneficiary numbers reported under education—teachers trained, and students benefitting from school improvement programs or direct support—include those who benefited from more than one project.
Source: ADB project completion reports
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Installed energy generation capacity between 2004-2011: 318 megawatt equivalent
The indicator, given in megawatt (MW) equivalent is the total incremental generating capacity of a generation project. This may be power sourced from renewable technology or from conventional sources e.g., oil, coal, or large hydro. A project may involve construction of a new power plant or simply acquisition of an asset, e.g., the private sector acquiring a government-owned coal plant. This includes the MW-equivalent capacity of additional heating supply as well as hydrocarbon-based energy added through production or additional import capacity. Energy export is excluded from Level 2 measurement as it does not add to the energy resources of a country.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
27068: Renewable Energy Development Project |
|
1465 |
26-Sep-96 |
25-Oct-02 |
Highly successful / successful |
318 |
|
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available. |
Transmission lines installed or upgraded between 2004-2011: 10,813 kilometers
The indicator covers power, gas, and oil transmission lines. It is the measure of the ground distance, in kilometers, traversed by the transmission line. For power transmission lines, we are looking for the simple distance from tower A to tower B and not the circuit-kilometers.
Distribution lines installed or updgraded between 2004-2011: 27,007 kilometers
"Distribution lines installed or upgraded" is the aggregate of the following three sub-indicators: (i) km of power distribution lines installed or upgraded, generally at 110 kv or lower); (ii) km of district heating network pipes installed or upgraded; and (iii) km of urban gas supply network pipes installed or upgraded.
New households connected to electricity between 2004-2011: 2,020,912
The indicator is the number of new households connected to the grid. Only new household connections resulting from a project are counted; households already connected to the grid and receiving improved services through a project are not counted. The number of new household connections resulting from a project is counted in total and not proportional to the ADB funding component only. The guiding principle is that ADB assistance is integral to the completion of the entire project; without the ADB assistance, the total target household connections would not be attained.
Greenhouse gas emission reduction between 2004-2011: 2,437,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year
A proxy emission factor is to be used for developing Asia (countries where ADB may implement projects), which is 793.73 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per gigawatt-hour (GWh). This proxy factor is to be used to calculate emission reduction/ avoidance accruing from the projects, i.e., GWh generated using renewable energy, and GWh saved through efficiency improvement.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
36318-013: Assam Power Sector Development Program |
Loan |
2036/2037 |
10-Dec-03 |
28-Jun-05 |
Successful |
480,000 |
|
27068: Renewable Energy Development Project |
|
1465 |
26-Sep-96 |
25-Oct-02 |
Highly successful / successful |
1,957,000 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Microfinance loan accounts opened / end borrowers reached between 2004-2011: 42,707
All those reached by microfinance lending or saving group activities of the project will be counted, including participants in self-help groups.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
35068-013: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program |
Loan |
1826 |
26-Mar-01 |
06-Nov-07 |
Successful |
14,147 |
|
30204-043: Housing Finance II Project-NHB |
Loan |
1759/1761 |
21-Sep-00 |
10-Oct-07 |
Partly successful |
28,560 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Expressway built or updgraded between 2004-2011: 244 kilometers
Length of expressways (i.e. fully access-controlled highways) built or upgraded, expressed in km. Access control means no direct crossings. "Expressways" can include roads that in certain countries are called highways if they have full access control. "Upgrading" includes all activity to restore a degraded road to originally intended design capacity (repair/rehabilitation) and to improve on its design capacity (e.g. by widening). Upgrading does not cover road signage (only).
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
34262-013: Private Sector Infrastructure Facility At State Level Project |
Loan |
1871 |
11-Dec-01 |
06-Sep-07 |
Partly successful |
68 |
|
29250-013: Surat-Manor Tollway Project |
Loan |
1747 |
27-Jul-00 |
30-Sep-05 |
Highly successful |
176 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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National highways and provincial, district, and rural roads built or upgraded between 2004-2011: 15,471 kilometers
Length of open access road networks built or upgraded in km (without full access control). "Upgrading" includes all activity to restore a degraded road to originally intended design capacity (repair/rehabilitation) and to improve on its design capacity (e.g. by widening). Upgrading does not cover road signage (only).
Beneficiaries from road projects between 2004-2011: 140,400,000
Includes all beneficiaries defined by reports and recommendations of the President or project completion reports as beneficiaries of roads constructed or upgraded; generally those in the vicinity of the road or in the project area. Beneficiaries of railway projects are not included.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
36320-013: Rural Roads Sector I Project |
Loan |
2018 |
20-Nov-03 |
30-Jun-09 |
Successful |
11,000,000 |
|
34263-013: Madhya Pradesh State Roads Sector Development Program (Project) |
Loan |
1959 |
05-Dec-02 |
10-Dec-08 |
Highly successful |
77,000,000 |
|
35068-013: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program |
Loan |
1826 |
26-Mar-01 |
06-Nov-07 |
Successful |
1,200,000 |
|
29250-013: Surat-Manor Tollway Project |
Loan |
1747 |
27-Jul-00 |
30-Sep-05 |
Highly successful |
14,000,000 |
|
29120-013: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
Loan |
1647 |
03-Dec-98 |
11-Jun-09 |
Successful |
3,000,000 |
|
27132: Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
|
1415 |
14-Dec-95 |
07-Dec-04 |
Highly successful / successful |
1,200,000 |
|
23251: National Highways Project |
|
1274 |
29-Nov-93 |
10-Feb-03 |
Successful |
33,000,000 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Water supply pipes installed or upgraded: length of network between 2004-2011: 5,450 kilometers
All sizes of pipes intended to transport water for urban water use for domestic and (non agricultural) business purposes, expressed in their aggregate length in the network, irrespective of pipe diameter, comprising mains as well as reticulation pipes. Both new and repaired/upgraded pipes are aggregated and they are not distinguished through subindicators.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
35068-013: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program |
Loan |
1826 |
26-Mar-01 |
06-Nov-07 |
Successful |
3,279 |
|
29120-013: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
Loan |
1647 |
03-Dec-98 |
11-Jun-09 |
Successful |
1,763 |
|
27132: Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
|
1415 |
14-Dec-95 |
07-Dec-04 |
Highly successful / successful |
408 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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New households served with water supply between 2004-2011: 7,111,000
This refers to all additional households that benefit from projects that offer piped or non-piped water supply systems, which is of a higher order than the system that the households used before. Non-piped supply may include standpipes.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
35068-013: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program |
Loan |
1826 |
26-Mar-01 |
06-Nov-07 |
Successful |
97,000 |
|
29120-013: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
Loan |
1647 |
03-Dec-98 |
11-Jun-09 |
Successful |
7,000,000 |
|
27132: Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
|
1415 |
14-Dec-95 |
07-Dec-04 |
Highly successful / successful |
14,000 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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Wastewater treatment capacity created between 2004-2011: 225,995 cubic meters
Wastewater treatment capacity added is equivalent to the maximum amount of cubic meter (m3) of waste water at the new or improved treatment plant intake per day. It excludes waste treatment capacity of septic tanks and the removal of the waste. Sewage received from residential, non-residential, and non-trade waste sources includes volumes collected in the sewage system due to storm water, illegal connection inflows, and infiltration to the sewerage system. Residential (domestic) sewage is the waterborne waste derived from human origin comprising fecal matter, urine, and liquid household waste from water closet pans, sinks, baths, basins, and similar fixtures designed for use in private dwellings.
New households served with sanitation between 2004-2011: 3,547,902
This refers to all additional households that benefit from projects offering a variety of sanitation systems to households that either did not benefit from sanitation systems before, or benefited from systems of lesser order. The situation at the end of the project is to be reflected.
Contributing ADB Projects
|
Project Name |
Type of Assistance |
Approval Number |
Approval Date |
Closing Date |
Success Rating at Completion* |
Contribution to Output |
|
35068-013: Gujarat Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program |
Loan |
1826 |
26-Mar-01 |
06-Nov-07 |
Successful |
41,902 |
|
29120-013: Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
Loan |
1647 |
03-Dec-98 |
11-Jun-09 |
Successful |
3,500,000 |
|
27132: Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Project |
|
1415 |
14-Dec-95 |
07-Dec-04 |
Highly successful / successful |
6,000 |
*The above table reflects project ratings from project completion reports. These ratings are updated with those from the project completion report validation reports and/or project/program performance evaluation reports when these reports become available.
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