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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met World Bank President Jim Yong Kim here and discussed with the latter future cooperation in development programs.
Modi described Wednesday's meeting as "very fruitful." "We discussed several ways of working together in the times to come," he said.
"We talked about the importance of scale and the need to work on a scale that inspires people and positively transforms their lives," the prime minister said on Twitter.
"We live in a world where speed matters. Quick execution is essential. Speeding up World Bank projects will surely increase the impact."
Modi told Kim that India needs ideas, knowledge and expertise " rather than dollars" as there is a need to focus on developing a base of skilled people keeping the future in mind.
He also suggested that the cleaning of the Ganga would be a very inspiring project for the World Bank.
For his part, Kim said the meeting with Modi was among the " most inspiring ones" he has had in his two years in the job.
"The prime minister reiterated his three most important goals -- skill, scale and speed. India is trying to do some really aspirational things and it is trying to do at huge scale very quickly."
"I was inspired by his extremely ambitious vision for India and we hope to play some role in achieving that goal," he added.
