Japan pledges ODA loan package of Rs 8,632 crore for seven projects in India

07 Jun 2011 Evaluate

Japan has pledged overseas development assistance (ODA) loan package of Rs 8,632 crore (about 155.549 billion yen) to India in the current fiscal year to fund seven projects, including the Bangalore Metro Rail and the Andhra Pradesh high voltage distribution system project. Prabodh Saxena, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs and Akitaka Saiki, Ambassador of Japan to India inked the agreement for second batch of FY 2010 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) ODA loan package for seven projects on June 6, 2011.

India, which continues to be the highest recipient of ODA loans, will see the recent ODA loan package cover various sectors including power, energy, urban transport, road safety, forestry and financial services spread across various states. The seven major and minor projects in the infrastructure sector in India include Andhra Pradesh High Voltage Distribution System Project which was allocated Rs 1031.74 crore and Madhya Pradesh Transmission System Modernization Project with an allocation of Rs 1024.36 crore). An allocation of Rs 1,665 crore each has also been made for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) energy saving project (second phase) and the new and renewable energy development project.  Bangalore Metro Rail Project (II) was allocated Rs 1100.67 crore, Bihar National Highway Improvement Project was allocated Rs 1271.11 crore and Rajasthan Forestry and Biodiversity Project (Phase 2) was allocated Rs 874.06 crore.

While India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development co-operation since 1958, relations between the two countries have steadily been progressing over the past few years under the India-Japan Global Partnership. The visits of the Indian Prime Minister to Japan in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and the visit of Japanese Prime Minister to India in 2007 and 2009 have further strengthened the India-Japan Global Partnership by adding greater substance to the bilateral relations based on India-Japan Global Partnership.

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