FM to attend World Bank-IMF annual meeting, drive investor outreach

May hold bilateral meetings with counterparts of other nations. There could also be a G-20 meeting on the sidelines, with focus on India's upcoming presidency of the multi-nation grouping

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will travel to the United States next week to participate in the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMFs) annual meeting scheduled for October 10-16. The Finance Minister is expected to hold bilateral meetings with her counterparts of other nations, and there could also be a G-20 meeting on the sidelines, with focus on India’s upcoming presidency of the multi-nation grouping.

Apart from the IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington DC, the Finance Minister is also expected to have speaking engagements in a few thinktanks and educational institutes such as Brookings and Johns Hopkins University. She is then expected