{"id":35004,"date":"2020-12-18T05:18:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T05:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=35004"},"modified":"2020-12-18T05:18:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T05:18:14","slug":"world-bank-project-to-protect-indias-poorest-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-bank-project-to-protect-indias-poorest-from-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank project to Protect India\u2019s Poorest from COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $750 million of $1 billion proposed for Accelerating India\u2019s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Programme to support India\u2019s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;This is the second operation in a programmatic series of two. 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