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World Bank offers $1 billion for proposed India COVID-19 emergency

The World Bank has offered $1 billion to the Indian government for a proposed India COVID-19 emergency response and health systems preparedness project. This four-year project aims to develop the preparedness of India’s health care systems in the time of the pandemic.

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The idea of the project will be to respond and mitigate the COVID-19 threat and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in India, as per the project document. The World Bank funding is from its COVID-19 fast-track facility where both the entities (World Bank and the government of India) will work on following the best international practice.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • President of World Bank: David Robert Malpass.
  • Headquarter of World Bank: Washington DC.

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