World Bank $ 1 bn for Swachh Bharat |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s call for `Swachch Bharat` or Clean India got a big cash endorsement from the World Bank as the multilateral donor said it will commit USD 1 billion to the campaign. World Bank`s country director in India Onno Ruhl said the World Bank is considering the large sum as the Indian government asked for the funding at the highest level with speed. The World Bank teams are in India working flat out day and night to support. The World Bank would support the program in the low income states in India. He further said the World Bank would try to use its money to help make the program "really result focus". On October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the country`s biggest-ever cleanliness drive. The mission is expected to cost over Rs 62,000 crores or US$ 10 billion.
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