Despite the Asian Development Bank setting up a social dimensions unit to liaise with NGOs and involve them in projects the bank funds, Asian NGOs are unconvinced of the bank's seriousness.

Rs 2500 crore has been spent on increasing power supply and strengthening network under ADB Project in the state during the last five years. Under the project, 220 KV and 132 KV sub stations and lines have been constructed after strengthening transmission network. As a result of this, power generation capacity has increased by 3 thousand 162 megawatts.

The Finance Ministry today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $208 million for the third tranche of the Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program.

According to a Finance Ministry statement, this facility is for a series of loans to provide funding for four hydropower projects totalling 856 MW in Himachal Pradesh, for an amount of $800 million fr

As part of the initiative to boost power sector in the State by reducing transmission and distribution losses and upgrading the power work facilities, the Government of India today signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for $89.7 million under the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, Tranche- II.

Power cuts in rural households are going to be thing of past in next couple of years in Madhya Pradesh.

Barun Roy / New Delhi September 23, 2010, 0:00 IST

A transmission line between India and Bangladesh marks a meaningful first step towards cooperation in South Asia.

This is fast work, indeed, in the South Asian context, where the shadow of suspicion among neighbours is deep and long. Should we say it

Mumbai: Without stronger basic infrastructure, particularly better roads, water supplies, sanitation, electricity, information and communications technology and other essential services, developing countries will be hard-pressed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda.

The MDGs are eight internationally-agreed targets,

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide, in first tranche, a sum of $60.3 million to the Union Government for funding Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, according to a release issued by Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB).

The finance ministry and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement worth $60.3 million today for the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Investment Program in Guwahati. The loan is the first tranche under ADB

With the ADB set to sanction a loan of US $200 million for rural electrification, the abysmal power scenario in the State can be expected to undergo some improvement. While the State