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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India has signed a loan deal worth$ 200 million with the World Bank for a National Mission. Name that mission.
A
Mid-Day Meal Scheme
B
Khana Khajana Abjiyan
C
GOBAR Dhan Scheme
D
POSHAN Abhiyaan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -POSHAN Abhiyaan targets to reduce the level of under-nutrition and other related problems by ensuring convergence of various nutrition-related schemes. POSHAN Abhiyaan also targets stunting, under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and low birth rate.

Detailed explanation-2: -world bank: India, World Bank sign USD 200 million loan deal for national nutrition mission-The Economic Times.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is $-250-million. The World Bank has cleared a $250-million loan to aid the Skill India mission. The loan amount would be used for making Indian youth more employable through reskilling.

Detailed explanation-4: -India approached the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), popularly known as World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and received $7 billion as loan to manage the crisis during 1991.

Detailed explanation-5: -External Debt in India averaged 322631.35 USD Million from 1999 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 619585.00 USD Million in the first quarter of 2022 and a record low of 96392.00 USD Million in the third quarter of 2000.

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