RBI to invest $4.3 bn in World Bank bonds

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The additional borrowing space would enable government of India to commit new projects with the World Bank assistance,an official statement said.

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“The proposal will enable leveraging World Bank’s knowledge base and global reach for transfer of knowledge,adoption of good practices,reforms of processes and systems and capacity building,” it added.

Currently the limit for a single borrower of the World Bank is USD 17.5 billion and

The government,the statement said,gives preference to projects in low income and special category States,as well as to projects aimed at fostering inclusive growth.

The bonds would be of various tenures and the RBI would get return on investment in the instruments.

India’s headroom for borrowing from the World Bank is reaching the limit and investing in these bonds will widen the scope for more loans,a Finance Ministry official had earlier said.