ISSUE
Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
New Delhi: The World Bank has agreed to provide economic assistance to strengthen India’s Central and State pollution control boards and biodiversity conservation.
The accord was reached at a meeting between the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick here on Thursday,
The World Bank and the Government of India together will support projects with fuel-efficient transport infrastructure, clean energy hydro-power plants, efficient water supply and waste water systems, programs that help farmers, fishing communities and people in other vulnerable communities to safeguard their livelihoods.
The proposed project to strengthen the capacity of the Pollution Control Boards will help build their skills and infrastructure, ensure their financial sustainability and set up new monitoring and data management mechanisms, the Environment Ministry said in a statement
The biodiversity project will seek to demonstrate conservation measures in various ecosystems, catalogue India’s rich biodiversity in hot-spots, and support livelihoods of communities living within biodiversity-rich areas and enable them to benefit from investments in these areas, the statement added.
Ramesh said that the Government is working at strengthening environmental regulations which could be an area of future engagement.
Zoellick said, “India is working to integrate its growth objectives and needs to overcome poverty with the sustainability of natural resources and the well-being of future generations. The government is striving to avoid actions that will add to costs — today and tomorrow — for health, clean water, clean air and preservation of valuable biodiversity. The World Bank Group is pleased to share its experience to support India’s inclusive and sustainable development.”
The World Bank has already given its financial support for three environment management and protection projects which include Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Industrial Pollution Management Project and the National Ganga Project with USD 220 million, USD 65 million and USD 20 million help respectively, he informed.
New Delhi: The World Bank has agreed to provide economic assistance to strengthen India’s Central and State pollution control boards and biodiversity conservation. The accord was reached at a meeting between the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and World Bank Group President Robert B....
New Delhi: The World Bank has agreed to provide economic assistance to strengthen India’s Central and State pollution control boards and biodiversity conservation.
The accord was reached at a meeting between the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick here on Thursday,
The World Bank and the Government of India together will support projects with fuel-efficient transport infrastructure, clean energy hydro-power plants, efficient water supply and waste water systems, programs that help farmers, fishing communities and people in other vulnerable communities to safeguard their livelihoods.
The proposed project to strengthen the capacity of the Pollution Control Boards will help build their skills and infrastructure, ensure their financial sustainability and set up new monitoring and data management mechanisms, the Environment Ministry said in a statement
The biodiversity project will seek to demonstrate conservation measures in various ecosystems, catalogue India’s rich biodiversity in hot-spots, and support livelihoods of communities living within biodiversity-rich areas and enable them to benefit from investments in these areas, the statement added.
Ramesh said that the Government is working at strengthening environmental regulations which could be an area of future engagement.
Zoellick said, “India is working to integrate its growth objectives and needs to overcome poverty with the sustainability of natural resources and the well-being of future generations. The government is striving to avoid actions that will add to costs — today and tomorrow — for health, clean water, clean air and preservation of valuable biodiversity. The World Bank Group is pleased to share its experience to support India’s inclusive and sustainable development.”
The World Bank has already given its financial support for three environment management and protection projects which include Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Industrial Pollution Management Project and the National Ganga Project with USD 220 million, USD 65 million and USD 20 million help respectively, he informed.
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