Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agricultural Resilience through Innovative Development (WB-P172187)

Countries
  • India
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Aug 27, 2020
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of India
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 178.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 566.40 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Mar 6, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Oct 29, 2019

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the project aims to: "improve land conservation, and agriculture, water and farm climate resiliency outcomes in selected watersheds, and strengthen capacities of national and state institutions and technical networks to deliver more effective science-based watershed development programs."

The project plans to deliver:

  • Develop stronger government institutions and enduring networks of scientific and technical agencies to deliver more impactful and climate resilient watershed management in rainfed areas;
  • Develop comprehensive data bases and tools in participating states for better outcomes in watersheds;
  • Apply improved data bases and tools for better agricultural outcomes
  • Establish demonstration watersheds that will show the value of these technical innovations;
  • Improve integration of climate change into watershed management; and
  • Adopt a Lighthouse model to build sustainable systems forresearch and development, and technology transfer
Investment Description
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Co-financing:
Borrower US$ 71.5 million


Contact Information
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World Bank
Priti Kumar, Grant Milne, Satya Priya LNU
Sr Agricultural Spec.

Borrower/Client/Recipient
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Bandana Preyashi, Director
bandana.preyashi@gov.in

Implementing Agencies
Department of Land Resources
Uma Kant, Joint Secretary
jswm-dolr@nic.in
Karnataka Department of Agriculture
Prabhash Chandra Ray, Project Director, KWDP II (SUJALA -III) and Commissioner
comwdd@gmail.com

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