India and ADB
ADB supports India’s priorities for robust, climate resilient, and inclusive growth, aligned with ADB’s Strategy 2030 and the forthcoming country partnership strategy, 2023–2027.
Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today to discuss the country’s development priorities.
ADB has appointed Mio Oka as its new Country Director for India, succeeding Takeo Konishi who has been promoted as ADB Director General for South Asia at the Manila headquarters.
ADB and SAEL Industries Limited, through its subsidiary SAEL Solar P4 Private Limited, have signed a loan of up to 12.23 billion Indian rupees (about $147 million equivalent) for the development of a 400-megawatt (MW) greenfield solar power plant in Gujarat, India, to support the country’s ongoing transition toward clean energy and low-carbon growth.
In India, the perception of women’s employment and leadership may be biased due to historical ignorance of women’s abilities, the diversity of sociopolitical systems, and the gradual disintegration of social structures.