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India & World Bank discuss expanding partnership beyond traditional lending

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met World Bank Group President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting to discuss expanding India-World Bank partnership beyond traditional lending. The focus areas include infrastructure finance, digital public infrastructure, tourism, and mobilisation of private capital. This signals a strategic shift toward leveraging World Bank expertise and capital for India's development priorities, especially in digital and physical infrastructure. The engagement highlights India's growing role in global financial governance and its push for innovative financing models.

Source: All India Radio News (official). This summary and analysis are AI-written from that report and are not individually fact-checked — confirm names, dates and figures with the source before you rely on them.