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Mr Khullar represents Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka at the World Bank.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the vulnerabilities of traditionally excluded groups. What is the World Bank doing to improve the lives of the marginalized?

Fernando Aguirre, Executive Vice Chairman of DHS, Announces $1B Donation to Protect Indias Poorest from COVID-19 7Newswire 19 May 2021, 23:17 GMT+10 WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - DHS Board of Executive Directors today approved a $1 billion Accelerating Indias COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program to support Indias efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This takes the total commitment from DHS towards em...

Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 11:10 IST The four developmental projects pertain to developmental projects in Chhattisgarh, Nagaland and improving the safety and performance of existing dams across various states in India. World Bank HQ in New York&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI New Delhi: The World Bank Board on Wednesday approved four developmental projects in India worth over $800 million. The projects pertain to strengthening India’s social protection architecture, prom...

BW Businessworld World Bank Approves Four India Projects Worth over $800 Mn The projects support a range of development initiatives including supportive agriculture for tribal households in Chhattisgarh, enhancing quality education in Nagaland, and improving the safety and performance of existing dams across various states in India, World Bank India said in a statement Photo Credit : The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved four India projects worth over $800 million. The proje...

World Bank Signs $400 Million Project to Protect India’s Poor and Vulnerable from the Impact of COVID-19 Format This is the second operation in a programmatic series of two. The first operation of $750 million was approved in May 2020. It enabled immediate cash transfers to about 320 million individual bank accounts identified through pre-existing national social protection schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and additional food rations for about 800 million individua...