Overview
- The World Bank Board approved about $600 million across two operations, allocating $299.66 million to the Uttar Pradesh Clean Air Management Program and $300 million to Haryana’s Clean Air Project under the IGP‑HF regional initiative.
- Uttar Pradesh will expand clean transport and household energy access by deploying 15,000 electric three‑wheelers and 500 electric buses in Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gorakhpur while enabling clean cooking for 3.9 million households.
- The UP program will also back incentives to replace 13,500 polluting heavy‑duty vehicles and support better farm practices and MSME adoption of cleaner technologies.
- Haryana’s project will scale air‑quality and emissions monitoring, add electric buses and three‑wheelers in Gurugram, Sonipat and Faridabad, help MSMEs shift to cleaner processes, and promote agricultural waste management including reuse of paddy stubble, with a goal to mobilise over $127 million in private capital.
- Loan terms differ by state, with UP at 10 years including a 2‑year grace period and Haryana at 23.5 years with a 6‑year grace; Haryana’s package totals ₹2,750 crore (₹2,705 crore IBRD loan plus a ₹45 crore grant) alongside about ₹1,065 crore in state funds and implementation by SPV ARJUN.