World Bank Group President Ajay Banga told Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday that the multilateral financial institution has set up a task force team to study the recommendations made by the Independent Experts Group, prepared under India’s G20 Presidency.
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and World Bank President Ajay Banga on Wednesday held discussions on “India’s endeavours to empower regional connectivity” and the “concerns of the Global South.” Indian American Ajay Banga, who is in Gandhinagar in Gujarat to attend the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, met Jaishankar on Wednesday and talked about India’s endeavours to “propel larger development.”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met World Bank Group President Ajay Banga in New Delhi on Wednesday, and discussed deepening of partnership to secure tangible outcomes at the G20 Leaders’ Summit scheduled to take place in September.
World Bank President Ajay Banga has been named to this year’s “Great Immigrants” list by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which honours contributions by immigrants to American life. Indian American Banga, who became the 14th president of the top bank this year, was among 35 honorees from diverse backgrounds and fields whose contributions and actions enriched and strengthened American society and democracy.
