INDIA APPOINTS RAJIV TOPLO AS SENIOR ADVISOR AT WORD BANK.भारत सरकार की ओर से वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों के..
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Date: 07/06/2020

PMO officers Rajeev Topno to be senior advisor at World Bank, Brajendra Navnit India’s permanent representative to WTO
On June 4, 2020 Cabinet’s Appointment committee approved the appointments of Rajeev Topno, the private secretary to the prime minister as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director(ED), World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA). The World Bank is a component of the World Bank Group.
Formation July 1944

Headquarters  Washington,D.C., U.S.

Membership:
189 countries (IBRD)173 countries (IDA)

President: David Malpass 
Brajendra Navnit, the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office(July 2014 – September 2019) as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India(PRI) to the World Trade Organisation(WTO) & will be posted at the Permanent Mission of India(PMI) to the WTO, under the Department of Commerce. He replaced JS Deepak at the PMI whose two-year extended term ended on May 31.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. 
The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT), which commenced in 1948. It is the largest international economic organization in the world.
Formation: 1 January 1995

Headquarters:  Geneva, Switzerland

Membership: 164 member states

Director-General:  Roberto Azevêdo