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$500 Million World Bank loan for India's Power Grid

Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 21:14 Hrs | 3 Comments

Washington: The World Bank has approved a $400 million loan to the Power Grid Corporation of India, designed to increase reliable power exchange between regions and states. Power Grid is the world's third largest transmission utility.

The loan, from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), approved Tuesday is backed by a Republic of India guarantee, the Bank said. It has a 30 year maturity which includes a four-year grace period.

The additional financing to the Fourth Power System Development Project (PSDP IV), which was approved by the World Bank on March 18 this year, will finance the completion of selected transmission schemes intended to expand transmission system and capacity.

"The power sector has improved significantly in recent years, but demand for electricity continues to outstrip supply," said Julia Fraser, World Bank senior financial analyst.

"This project will help the government achieve its goal of expanding power generation capacity to more than 200 gigawatts (200,000 megawatts) by 2012 through enhancing the country's power transmission capacity and enabling power to be transmitted across regions and states. It will also help
Source: IANS

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