TheWorld Bank’s Board of executive directors approved a total of $391 million to improve access to high-qualityhealthcareservices and boost economic opportunities forAssamand Tripura.
The World Bank‘s (WB) focus in Assam will be improving the Health-sector”>Health sector while in Tripura, road Infrastructure and adding technology boost to Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture are in the pipeline. The $251 million variable spread loan for Assam and $140 million loan for Tripura are from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), administered by WB, with a maturity of 10.5 years, including a five-year grace period.
The bank observed that Assam has made strides in increasing access to essential healthcare Services, with 87% of Women giving birth in a facility today compared to just 24% in 2005.