World Bank President David Malpass hails India for successful Covid vaccination drive

World Bank President David Malpass has hailed India for successful COVID Vaccination Drive. During his meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in US, Mr Malpass thanked India for the country's global role in the production and distribution of the COVID vaccine. Mr Malpass reiterated the international financial institution's strong commitment to India across all World Bank entities, including the International Finance Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

A World Bank statement maintained that both Ms Sitharaman and Mr Malpass held talks on the efforts taken by India on climate change. Both emphasized the need for scaling up climate finance for achieving effective and impactful developments projects in line with Nationally Determined Contributions and development goals, it stated.