India

Annual Delhi Sustainable Development Summit to Discuss Global Commons

The ADB-sponsored 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit on 2 to 4 February 2012 will discuss issues involving global commons and actions taken toward protecting them since the Earth Summit in 1992. Read More

ADB Funds India's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant

ADB is providing a loan of up to $48 million to finance what will be India’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant, the 40-megawatt Dahanu Solar Power Project in Jaisalmer district in the western state of Rajasthan. Read More

South Asia Strengthens Cooperation in Sustainable Tourism

ADB sponsored a conference caravan that held forums in Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh in September to look at sustainable ways of promoting and managing cross-border tourism, particularly the management of natural and heritage destinations. Read More

25 Years of India-ADB Partnership

India joined ADB at its founding in 1966. Since lending operations began in 1986, ADB has supported its fast-growing economy with over 150 projects. The goal of the current India-ADB partnership is to ensure continued development through inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth. Read More

Overview

India is a founding member of ADB and its fifth largest shareholder. Since the beginning of lending operations in 1986, ADB has approved 159 loans (sovereign and nonsovereign) amounting to $24,122.7 million. As of 31 December 2010, the portfolio included 67 ongoing sovereign loans amounting to $10.2 billion, with $3.7 billion going to transport, $1.3 billion to water supply and other municipal infrastructure and services, $2.5 billion to the energy sector, $1.05 billion to the finance sector, and $0.2 billion to the agriculture and natural resources sector.