New Delhi: Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs and India’s Governor for the New Development Bank (NDB), Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 7th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of NDB.
The meeting was also attended by Governors/Alternate Governors of Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and the newly joined members Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Due to ongoing pandemic, this Annual Meeting of NDB which was hosted/chaired by India this year, was organized in virtual mode.
This year’s theme for the Annual Meeting was “NDB: Optimizing Development Impact”, which is particularly important and relevant in the current global economic scenario.
The Finance Minister, in her statement, underscored the importance of multilateralism and the spirit of global cooperation for economic recovery. In this regard, Ms.Sitharaman acknowledged that the NDB has successfully established itself as a reliable development partner for Emerging Market Economies.
Highlighting that India is celebrating 75 years of Independence this year, the Union Finance Minister mentioned that India’s economic growth in the current financial year has been robust and is estimated to be 8.9 per cent which is the highest among all large economies. This reflects India’s strong resilience and speedy recovery.
Ms.Sitharaman expressed confidence that India will continue to achieve a high growth rate in the current and next financial year.