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Press Releases from the Embassy
Japan-India
Relations
Press Release No.4 |
NEW DELHI: June 27th, 2008
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PHOTO EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE ODA TO INDIA
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The Embassy of Japan is pleased to inform that the year 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) Loans to India. To commemorate the Golden Jubilee year, the Embassy of Japan and Japan Bank for International Cooperation are going to hold photo exhibitions in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, to revisit the history of Japanese economic cooperation through Japanese ODA Loans to India.
In New Delhi, the photo exhibition will be held as per details given below:
Venue:
All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS)
Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001
On view from:
June 30 to July 5, 2008
(daily from 13:00 hrs. to 19:00 hrs.)
The exhibition will be formally inaugurated on June 30, 2008, at 19:00 hrs., in the presence of Chief Guest, Dr. D. Subbarao, Finance Secretary, Government of India, as per Program:
PROGRAM
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Opening Remarks by Mr. H. Irigaki, Chief Representative of JBIC,
New Delhi Office (5 – 10 minutes) |
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Inaugural Speech by Dr. D. Subbarao, Finance Secretary,
Government of India (10 minutes) |
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Speech by H.E. Mr. Hideaki Domichi, Ambassador of Japan to India
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SCHEDULE OF THE EXHIBITION IN OTHER CITIES
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| MUMBAI |
July 15 - July 16 |
K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies,
SISMR Building, Somaiya Campus, Vidyavihar
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July 17 |
The D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Senapati Bapat Marg, Matunga |
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July 18 |
Mumbai University, Dept. of German, Ranade Bhawan, Kalina
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July 19 |
SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Jain Society, Sion West |
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| KOLKATA |
July 28 - August 3 |
Bharat-Japan Sanskriti Kendra, Salt Lake |
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| CHENNAI |
August 19 - 23 |
Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IJCCI), K.B. Dasan Road, Teynampet |
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The first Japanese ODA loan was disbursed in the wake of then Prime Minister Nehru’s historic visit to Japan in 1957. This was the first case of Japanese ODA loans ever extended to a foreign country. Since then, bilateral relations between Japan and India have expanded manifold, and today India is the largest Japanese ODA loan partner in the world. In 2007, the amount of Japanese ODA loans to India has marked annual record of 225,130 million Yen (approximately $2,085 million) for the first time, corresponding to the ever-increasing demand in India for infrastructure, transport, energy, water supply, sewage system, or irrigation, to name a few.
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