Asian Development Bank
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao addresses a press conference in Greater Noida, some 40kms east of New Delhi on May 5, 2013. Kazakhstan will host the 47th Annual Meeting in Astana.
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We are trying our best to improve the power situation on our own and in joint venture, especially with NTPC. We have to strengthen our transmission network for which we have formed a joint venture company with Power Grid (Corporation of India). We would require Rs 16,000 crore by 2020. For that we are approaching World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other institutions
China tried to block a USD 2.9 billion loan to India from the Asian Development Bank, claiming part of the loan would have been used for water projects in Arunachal Pradesh. This represented the first time China sought to influence this dispute through a multilateral institution
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Development bank needs to do more
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