Board of Executive Directors of has accredited a USD five hundred million programs to support Indias nationwide initiative to revitalise the MSME sector, which has been heavily impacted by way of the COVID-19 crisis.
The MSME area is the spine of Indias economy, contributing 30% of Indias GDP and 4% of exports. The USD 500 million Raising and Accelerating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Performance (RAMP) Program is the World Banks 2d intervention in this sector, the first being the USD 750 million MSME Emergency Response Program, authorised in July 2020 to tackle the instantaneous liquidity and deposit desires of hundreds of thousands of manageable MSMEs severely impacted by using the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The nation marked the 37th anniversary of Operation Blue Star.
About Operation Blue Star:
It is the code name for an Indian military operation to remove the separatists who were hiding inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on June 5, 1984.
The operation was ordered by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with the primary goal of regaining control of the Harmandir Sahib Complex in Amritsar (popularly known as the Golden Temple).
The Indian military entered the temple grounds to evict Sikh extremist religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers.
The operation was divided into two parts: Operation Metal, which involved an invasion of the temple complex, and Operation Shop, which was limited to the state’s countryside.
This operation aided in the elimination of Khalistani terrorism.