Finance Minister Meets World Bank Chief Over Post-Covid Economic Recovery

Saturday, 16 October 2021Newsdesk

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed the post-pandemic economic recovery, India's major role in the global fight against COVID-19 and preparations for the upcoming Climate Change Conference among other issues during her meeting with World Bank President David Malpass.

New Delhi, 16 October 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Ms Sitharaman met Mr Malpass at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC on Friday. "Both sides discussed various issues including #COVID #vaccination, #economicrecovery, preparations for #CoP26, initiative of #WBG for increasing lending space for India, IDA 20 replenishment, knowledge partnership with @WorldBank," Finance Ministry said in a series of tweets. During the meeting, Ms Sitharaman shared the measures being taken by India to contain the spread of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, including the major role played by India on the global COVID-19 effort, the ministry said.

Source - NDTV