TMI BlogFinance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in 103rd meeting Development Committee Meeting of World Bank-IMFX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in 103rd meeting Development Committee Meeting of World Bank-IMF - News and Press Release Dated:- 10-4-2021 - News - Union Minister for Finance Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 103rd Meeting of the Development Committee Plenary via video conferencing here yesterday. The items on the agenda included World Bank Gr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... oup (WBG) and International Monetary Fund Support for Debt Relief Under the Common Framework and Beyond; COVID-19 pandemic: World Bank Group Support for Fair and Affordable Access to Vaccines by Developing Countries; and From COVID-19 Crisis Response to Resilient Recovery Saving Lives and Livelihoods while Supporting Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development (GRID). In her intervention ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... at this session, the Finance Minister stated that we are all engaged in steering our economies and people safely out of COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of India has taken several measures to contain the spread of pandemic and also to mitigate its social and economic impact including a series of economic stimulus packages in last one year. Smt. Sitharaman shared that the Government has announ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ced Aatma Nirbhar Packages of ₹ 27.1 trillion, amounting to more than 13% of the GDP. These packages were meant not only to provide social protection to poor and vulnerable but also to push forward the economic reforms. The Finance Minister noted with pleasure that the WBG has stepped up its financing in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic with total financing approvals exceeding $100 billion f ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... or the first time. Smt. Sitharaman appreciated the pro-active role played by the WBG in helping developing countries access vaccines in a timely and affordable manner in coordination with other multilateral agencies like WHO and GAVI. The Finance Minister urged World Bank to explore the possibility to sustain crisis response keeping in mind debt sustainability of vulnerable countries and financ ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ial sustainability of the WBG. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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