Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Friday solicited fulsome support and cooperation from the World Bank to further combat the major problems being confronted by the state.
In a significant development, Haryana will soon be home to a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre with the assistance of the World Bank (WB).
Both sides discussed issues related to private capital participation in Global Public Goods, Energy security, and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) reforms.
The bank is expecting Nepal's private sector to contribute more to its growth by taking advantage of the central bank's loosening of monetary policies and easing of regulatory requirements
According to the World Bank, the Indian economy continues to grow at a healthy pace and the country's medium-term outlook remains positive.
The DC-based lender's economic update for emerging markets in Europe and Central Asia said the conflict would hamper the region's industrial output, shaving 4.1 percent off its GDP.
Sri Lanka's health sector is currently facing a shortage of essential drugs due to import restrictions in place following a foreign exchange shortage.
The World Bank is calling for further grant contributions to the MDTF. In addition, Japan is linking USD 100 million in parallel financing to the support package.
The World Bank communique states that West Bengal runs more than 400 programmes which provide social assistance, protection, care services and jobs through an umbrella platform 'Joy Bangla', the state's unified delivery system with focus on vulnerable group such as women, elderly, tribal and scheduled caste, people with disabilities and those in the disaster-prone coastal regions.
Sri Lanka has recorded an overall of 508,672 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 12,376 deaths.
