For six projects under Japan’s Official Development Assistance to India
Source: PIB Edited by: IH News Desk
NEW DELHI, March 28, 2025: The Government of India and the Government of Japan signed loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion for six projects under Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to India in the sectors of forest management, water supply, urban transport, aquaculture, biodiversity conservation and investment promotion.
The six loan agreements were signed between the Government of India and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in New Delhi.
- “Tamil Nadu Investment Promotion Program (Phase 3) (TNIPP-III)” (JPY 36.114 billion)
- “Project for Capacity Enhancement for Effective Forest Management (JPY 8.280 billion)
- Project for Construction of Chennai Seawater Desalination Plant (II)” (JPY 52.556 billion)
- “Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System Project (Phase 4 Additional Corridors) (I)” (JPY 79.726 billion)
- “Assam State Aquaculture Promotion and Livelihood Improvement Project” (JPY 3.580 billion) and
- “Punjab Biodiversity and Natural Resources Conservation Project” (JPY 11.480 billion).
TNIPP-III aims to provide quality jobs to youth by attracting more investment in the State, including foreign investments in an inclusive and sustainable manner, promoting emerging sectors, and also training the population in advanced manufacturing skills. The Chennai Desalination Plant project will provide a safe and reliable water supply by carrying out the construction of a seawater desalination plant and its related water supply facilities, thereby improving the living conditions of the residents, including the poor people, as well as the investment environment in the concerned areas in Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA).
The Project for Capacity Enhancement for Effective Forest Management aims to enhance the capacity of forest personnel for the implementation of forest policies through research and development, implementation of pilot projects, improvement of training systems and institutional strengthening in the areas of forest and biodiversity conservation and climate change.
Continuing the assistance from JICA, the Delhi Metro Rail project will expand the mass rapid transportation system and promote regional economic development and also eventually mitigate climate change through the relief of traffic congestion and decrease in vehicular pollution.
In Assam, the aquaculture promotion project will lead to an increase in aquaculture production and improve the rural livelihoods of fisheries stakeholders by promoting aquaculture, enhancing the fisheries supply chain and institutionally strengthening the fisheries department.
The biodiversity project in Punjab will enhance ecosystem services and mitigate the impacts of climate change through increased trees outside the forest, biodiversity conservation, integrated wetland management, livelihood improvement and institutional strengthening.
India and Japan have had a long and fruitful history of bilateral development cooperation since 1958. Economic cooperation, a key pillar of India-Japan relations, has steadily progressed in the last few years. This further consolidates and strengthens the Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan.
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