France commits 200 million Euros loan for India to scale up Government’s existing Covid response

The Government of France has committed 200 million euros for India to optimize and scale up the Indian Government’s existing social protection measures against COVID-19 and further increase the state and central governments’ capacities to support the country’s most vulnerable people in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
For this, a credit financing agreement has been signed by Dr C.S. Mohapatra, Additional Secretary – DEA, and Bruno Bosle, Director – AFD (French Development Agency).
The World Bank is the lead funder on this programme, which is supported by AFD and other multilateral and bilateral development banks.