Japan's Prime Minister Abe to announce US$2b in loans to India
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce low-interest loans to India worth US$2 billion when he visits his counterpart Manmohan Singh this weekend, a report said yesterday.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce low-interest loans to India worth US$2 billion when he visits his counterpart Manmohan Singh this weekend, a report said yesterday.
Japanese companies are involved in projects to expand New Delhi's subway system but competition for infrastructure works in India has intensified, the daily noted, particularly with South Korean and European firms.
Abe hopes to support Japanese corporations by creating an environment that makes it easier for them to win orders, the newspaper said.
Some 60 billion yen of the 210 billion yen that Japan provided would go toward energy-conservation projects, including the development of solar power plants and wind farms through an Indian government-backed company handling renewable energy projects, the said.
Japan's foreign ministry said the two countries were discussing economic co-operation but that nothing had been formally decided yet.
Abe, accompanied by a Japanese business delegation, begins a three-day visit to India today.
Since coming to power in December 2012, Abe has travelled the globe extensively, partly in his role as salesman-in-chief for Japan Inc, but also as he looks to forge and reinforce relationships as a counterweight to the rise of China.
