SHIMLA: The cooperation between the State of Himachal Pradesh and World Bank has been increasing by leaps and bounds since last few years as today World Bank has total portfolio of close to Rs 3160 crores. This was stated by the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while interacting with the team of World Bank led by its Regional Vice President (RVP), World Bank Hartwig Schafer at Oak Over in Shimla on Tuesday.
Chief Minister said that World Bank and Himachal Pradesh have long standing history of engagement and developmental cooperation and first Development Policy loan (DPL) of US $ 100 million was extended by the World Bank to Himachal Pradesh way back in September 2012 and was followed by second DPL of equal amount in 2014.
