Ahead of the BRICS summit, the New Development Bank (NDB) of the five-member group today approved USD 1.4 billion loans for sustainable development projects in China, India and Russia.
The Board of Directors of the Bank have approved four infrastructure and sustainable development projects in the three countries, an NDB press release said today.
For India, the Bank has approved $470 million loan for Madhya Pradesh’s Multi-Village Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme Project.
“The four projects approved today are fully in line both with national development agenda in our member countries and the NDB’s mandate of mobilising resources for infrastructure and sustainable development in BRICS and other emerging economies and developing countries,” said the Bank’s President K V Kamath.
“The NDB is committed to further strengthening our partnership with all member countries and developing a robust and dynamic pipeline of projects that benefit people’s lives,” he said.
“Experiences learned while preparing and implementing the projects will serve as a model for implementing similar projects in the future,” the release said.
The other loans approved included China’s Hunan Green Area Watershed Environmental Development Project which would get two billion yuan to enhance flood control, and improve water quality in Xiang River watershed.
