India and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Boost for India's First Coastal Industrial Corridor
ADB has approved $631 million in loans and grants to develop the first part of India's East Coast Economic Corridor that will create seamless trade links with other parts of South and Southeast Asia.
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Gearing Up for Competitiveness: The Role of Planning, Governance, and Finance in Small and Medium-sized Cities in South Asia
Local government must play a proactive role in supporting a city’s economic strength, by driving local economic development planning, understanding its role in the region, and aligning its development policies, plans, and investments.
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Send feedback: Use of Country Safeguard Systems - Power Grid of India
ADB seeks your input on the Use of the Power Grid Corporation of India’s Environment and Social Policy and Procedures. The online consultation period is open from 5 August 2016 to 19 August 2016.
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India-ADB: Partnering for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
ADB supports India’s vision of faster, inclusive, and sustainable growth. The latest Development Effectiveness Brief captures the core of ADB's operations in India and showcases select interventions that are helping the government achieve its development goals.
ADB assistance supports the Government of India’s evolving priorities. ADB’s country partnership strategy, 2013-2017 for India aims to support the government’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan priorities of “faster, more inclusive, and sustainable growth.” In line with the government’s guiding principle that multilateral development partners add value beyond tangible investments, ADB builds in innovations and best practices in project design and implementation.
Fact Sheet
Latest
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ADB Returns to Indian Bond Market with $135 Million Rupee-Linked Bond
ADB has raised 9 billion Indian Rupees (INR), about $135 million, from a new issue of offshore Indian Rupee-linked 10 year bonds. -
ADB Approves Funds to Build India’s First Coastal Industrial Corridor
ADB today approved $631 million in loans and grants to develop the first key 800-kilometer section of a planned 2,500-kilometer-long East Coast Economic Corridor that will spur development on India’s eastern coast. -
Asia’s future growth prospects are key to the evolution of the world economy. By the middle of this decade, Asia’s contribution to the world’s gross domestic product growth had surpassed 60%.
Asian Development Review: Volume 33, Number 2
Projects in India
Proposed
Approved/Active
- Visakhapatnam–Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program
- Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 2
- Strengthening Climate Change Resilience in Urban India - Strengthening Smart Water Management and Urban Climate Change Resilience in Tamil Nadu (Subproject 1)
- Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project
- Climate Adaptation in Vennar Subbasin in Cauvery Delta Project
Closed
- Support to Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
- Supporting Sustainable Urban Transport in Aizawl City
- Advanced Project Preparedness for Poverty Reduction - Project Preparation and Implementation Support for Odisha Power Sector Emergency Assistance (Subproject 31)
- Madhya Pradesh District Connectivity Sector Project
- Supporting Additional Skill Acquisition Program in Kerala
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21.9%
Population living below the national poverty line in India (2012)
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174
Maternal Mortality Ratio in India, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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1.3%
Average annual population growth rate in India (2010-2015)
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1283
Population in India, in millions (2015)
