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India to face 24.7% GDP loss by 2070 due to climate change: ADB report

Climate change under a high-end emissions scenario could lead to a 16.9 per cent loss in GDP by 2070 across the Asia and Pacific region, with India projected to suffer a 24.7 per cent GDP loss, according to a new report. Rising sea levels and decreasing labour productivity would drive the most significant losses, with lower-income and fragile economies being hit the hardest, it said. The new research, presented in the inaugural issue of ADB's "Asia-Pacific Climate Report", details a series of damaging impacts threatening the region. It says that if the climate crisis continues to accelerate, up to 300 million people in the region could be at risk from coastal inundation, and trillions of dollars' worth of coastal assets could face annual damage by 2070. Climate change has supercharged the devastation from tropical storms, heat waves, and floods in the region, contributing to unprecedented economic challenges and human suffering, said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa. Urgent, ...

India to face 24.7% GDP loss by 2070 due to climate change: ADB report
Updated On : 31 Oct 2024 | 4:47 PM IST

ADB approves $170 million loan to strengthen health sector in India

The $170 million policy-based loan will help in the implementation of the government's National Health Policy 2017

ADB approves $170 million loan to strengthen health sector in India
Updated On : 19 Jun 2024 | 3:29 PM IST

No country is fully prepared for future pandemics, says ADB report

India's score on the Global Health Security Index declined from 43.6 in 2019 to 42.8 in 2021. The country's score was lower than others. Japan, Brazil and Russia, meanwhile, recorded an improvement

No country is fully prepared for future pandemics, says ADB report
Updated On : 23 Mar 2024 | 12:39 AM IST

ADB approves $ 400 mn loan to support govt's urban reform agenda

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 400 million loan to support the Indian government's urban reform agenda for creating high-quality urban infrastructure and efficient governance systems. The programme also envisages integrated urban planning reforms to control urban sprawls and foster systemic and planned urbanisation through enhancing the entire ecosystem of legal, regulatory, and institutional reforms along with capacity building of ULBs and community awareness, ADB said. "The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 400 million policy-based loan to India for Sub-programme 2 of the Sustainable Urban Development and Service Delivery Programme. "The programme aims to support the government's urban reform agenda for improving the quality of urban life through the creation of high-quality urban infrastructure, assured public services, and efficient governance systems," ADB said. While Subprogramme 1, approved in 2021, established national-level policies and .

ADB approves $ 400 mn loan to support govt's urban reform agenda
Updated On : 25 Oct 2023 | 4:40 PM IST

ADB slashes India growth forecast to 7.2% for FY23, sees higher inflation

Private investment will soften due to higher cost of borrowing for firms, says development bank's outlook

ADB slashes India growth forecast to 7.2% for FY23, sees higher inflation
Updated On : 22 Jul 2022 | 3:46 AM IST

India's GDP to grow at 11% this fiscal, economic recovery at risk: ADB

The Indian economy is projected to grow at 11 per cent in the current financial year amid the "strong" vaccine drive, said ADB on Wednesday

India's GDP to grow at 11% this fiscal, economic recovery at risk: ADB
Updated On : 28 Apr 2021 | 10:08 AM IST

Developing Asia to 'barely grow' in 2020; India's GDP to shrink by 4%: ADB

Hit hard by Covid-19, South Asia is forecast to contract by 3 per cent in 2020, compared to 4.1 per cent growth predicted in April

Developing Asia to 'barely grow' in 2020; India's GDP to shrink by 4%: ADB
Updated On : 18 Jun 2020 | 11:24 AM IST

India on course to achieve 7.4% projected growth: ADB report

According to the report, South Asia will be the fastest growing of all subregions in Asia, Pacific

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2017 | 2:42 PM IST