New Delhi, April 28 -- As the number of Coronavirus cases is keeping a rise in India, with financial and medical resources slowly getting depleted, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday, April 28 gave its nod to lend India a loan worth $ 1.5 billion to boost the country's Covid-19 response programmes.
In an official statement, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said, "The ADB is fully committed to supporting the government of India in its response to this unprecedented challenge. The quick-disbursing fund is part of a larger package of support that ADB will provide in close coordination with the government and other development partners. We are determined to support India's COVID-19 response programs and ensure that they provide effecti...