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FM Sitharaman Meets AIIB President, Suggests Expansion of Financing Beyond Physical Infra

Sitharaman said the bank should move beyond physical infrastructure and back AI, MSMEs and skilling as India seeks broader development finance.

Summary by Times of India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Zou Jiayi and suggested the bank expand its focus to include newer infrastructure that centres on AI, MSMEs, and skilling. She reiterated that the bank's regional centrality should continue to remain a defining institutional characteristic and an important anchor of its mandate. Both leaders discussed AIIB's robust pipeline of projects in India and its …

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Doha, Sep 29 (IANS), Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) should not only be limited to traditional physical infrastructure projects in India, but it should also consider increasing the scope of financing in emerging areas like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Skill Development (Skilling). In a meeting with AIIB President Zhou Ji…

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Ommcom News broke the news in Bhubaneswar, India on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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