Other Multilateral Institutions (OMI) Division
Other Multilateral Division (OMI) Division is responsible for matters relating to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), New Development Bank (NDB), International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), African Development Bank (AfDB), OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) & International Financial Institutes (IFIs). As, AIIB, NDB, IFAD have Non-Resident Boards (NRBs), this Division is responsible for day-to-day policy and governance matters and attend the Board of Directors (BoD) and Committee and Board Governors (BoG) meeting. This Division is also responsible strengthening and diversifying India’s projects in AIIB, NDB, IFAD, and OFID. Negotiating, monitoring, and reviewing all loans/projects financed by these MDBs in India are also the responsibilities of this Division. Division also undertakes coordination work and conducts periodical project review meetings and workshops with NDB, AIIB, IFAD and PIAs, and other MDBs in handles budget matters related to the work allotted to the sections and arranging payments of India’s share of annual capital subscription in these MDBs. Division also has the responsibilities of sectoral Ministries/Departments/Organisations viz., (i) Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), (ii) Department of Rural Development (DoRD) (iii) Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR,RD&GR) (iv) Department of Land Resources (DoLR) (v) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) (vi) Department of Science & Technology (DoS&T) (vii) Department of Biotechnology (DoB) (viii) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and (ix) National Commission for Women (NCW) and Sectoral States of (i) Punjab (ii) Haryana (iii) Rajasthan and (iv) Goa.
Name & Contact details of Divisional Head
Ms. Manisha Sinha
Additional Secretary (OMI)
Department of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Room No. 141, North Block, New Delhi – 110001.
+91-11-23092882 / 23094550
manisha[dot]sinha[at]nic[dot]in
The Other Multilateral Institutions (OMI) comprises the following Sections :
OMI (AIIB Policy Section)
- Nomination of India’s Governor, Alternate Governor, Board Director, Alternate Director, Advisors to Director.
- All Matters relating to Management, Governance, Policy of engagement and coordination of the AIIB
- All matters relating to Meetings of the AIIB Board of Governors, Board of Directors and its Committee [currently India is Vice Chair in Policy and Strategy Committee (PSC) and Member in Budget, Human Resources and Compensation Committee (BHRC)].
- Expanding India’s project profile in AIIB with promotion of innovative financing instrument mechanism and local currency financing.
- Coordination with States, Central Ministries and CPSEs to facilitate availing external assistance.
- Facilitating Project Preparation Fund and technical assistance particularly for North-Eastern States and Himalayan Sates.
- Promoting Indian private and public sector participation in AIIB procurement and consultancy services in AIIB funded projects.
- Conducting Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc. to facilitate strategic engagement of Indian public and private sector agencies in MDBs.
- Facilitating visits of senior Management of AIIB to India
- Enhancing India’s staff representation in AIIB.
- Institutions : AIIB
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Nil
- States : Nil
- Legislations : Nil
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Director | Under Secretary | Section Officer |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Prasanna V. Salian Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in | Ms. Mary Neelima Minz Room No. 63, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5064 Email:maryneelima[dot]minz[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Prakash Chand Meena Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email: meena[dot]prakash[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (NDB Policy Section)
- Nomination of India’s Governor, Alternate Governor, Board Director, Alternate Director, Advisors to Director.
- All Matters relating to Management, Governance, Policy of engagement and coordination of the NDB.
- All matter relating to Meetings of the NDB Board of Governors, Board of Directors and its Committee (currently India is Chair of Budget, Human Resources and Compensation Committee (BHRC) and Member of Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARC).
- Matters related to NDB in BRICS, G-20 etc.
- Expanding India’s project profile in NDB with promotion of innovative financing instrument mechanism and local currency financing.
- Coordination with States, Central Ministries and CPSEs to facilitate availing external assistance.
- Facilitating Project Preparation Fund and technical assistance particularly for North-Eastern States and Himalayan Sates.
- Promoting Indian private and public sector participation in AIIB procurement and consultancy services in NDB funded projects.
- Research related to MDB areas and matters related G-20 – MDB reforms agenda.
- Conducting Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc. to facilitate strategic engagement of Indian public and private sector agencies in MDBs.
- Facilitating visits of senior Management of NDB to India;
- Enhancing India’s staff representation in NDB.
- Institutions : NDB
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Nil
- States : Nil
- Legislations : Nil
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Director | Under Secretary | Section Officer |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Prasanna V. Salian Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Rajeev Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email:rajeev[dot]edu[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Himanshu Singh Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email: himanshu[dot]singh88[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (IFAD, AfDB, EBRD, IDB, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), West African Development Bank (BOAD) Policies and AIIB, NDB, OFID & IFAD Projects and SCM Section)
- Nomination of India’s Governor, Alternate Governor, Executive Director in IFAD.
- All Matters relating to Management, Governance, Policy of engagement and coordination of the IFAD.
- All matter relating to Meetings of the Board of Governors, Executive Board and its Committee of IFAD (India is member of Evaluation Committee in IFAD).
- Facilitating preparing IFAD's Country Strategy Program (COSOP).
- Participation in IFAD replenishment meetings and deciding India’s contribution.
- All project-related matters including maintenance of pipeline of projects of AIIB, NDB, IFAD and OFID.
- Regular conduct of Tripartite Portfolio Review Meetings (TPRM) with MDBs and Project Implementation Authorities (PIAs).
- All Matters relating to Management and Governance of the AfDB, EBRD.
- Coordination with other constituency members in AfDB and EBRD constituency.
- Promoting Indian private sector participation in AfDB and EBRD for procurement and consultancy services.
- Promoting Indian Investment, Technology and Skill abroad through these MDBs.
- Conducting Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc. to facilitate strategic engagement of Indian public and private sector agencies in these MDBs.
- Facilitating visits of senior Management of these MDBs to India.
- Enhancing India’s staff representation in these MDBs.
- Participation in African Development Fund (ADF) replenishment meeting and deciding India’s contribution.
- Matters related to Management and Governance of the IDB, CDB, BOAD.
- Matters relating to Department of Economic Affairs Screening Committee Coordination on Externally Aided Projects (EAPs).
- EAPs Data management.
- EAP-related Parliament matters, VIP, PMO and CoS references etc.
- Audit Paras related to EAP projects.
- Institutions : IFAD, AfDB, EBRD, IDB, CDB, BOAD and Others.
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Nil
- States : Nil
- Legislations : African Development Bank Act, 1983 African Development Fund Act, 1982
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Deputy Secretary | Under Secretary | Economic Officer |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Annies Kanmani Joy Room No. 32, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092908 Intercom: 5198 Email: anniesk[dot]joy[at]ias[dot]nic[dot]in | Shri M. Natesan Room No. 276-G, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095074 Intercom: 5074 Email:natesan[dot]m[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Mohd. Tarique Ali Room No. 276-G North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095238 Intercom: 5238 Email: ali[dot]007[at]gov[dot]in |
OMI (Coordination Section)
- All Matters related to Draft Cabinet Note (DCN)/ Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) / Public Finance Central (PFC)/ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) / Public Investment Board (PIB) etc.
- All Cabinet E-Samiksha and Departmental E-Samiksha related matters.
- All Sectoral Charges of Ministries/Departments/States (Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), & Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), D/o Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR&GR) & Ministry of Women & Child Developement (MoWCD), Department of Sciences & Technology (DST) & Department of Bio-Technology (DBT), Department of Land Resources (DoLR),National Commission for Women (NCW) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Rajasthan, Goa, Punjab & Haryana) and All inter-Ministerial/Departmental communications including implementation of the Budget announcements.
- Handling of PMO references, VIP references and COS references related to sectoral charges of the Ministries/Departments/States.
- Institutions : Nil
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), & Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), D/o Water Resources & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR&GR) & Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD), Department of Sciences & Technology (DST) & Department of Bio-Technology (DBT), Department of Land Resources (DoLR), National Commission for Women (NCW) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- States : Rajasthan, Goa, Punjab & Haryana
- Legislations : Nil
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Director | Under Secretary | Section Officer |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Prasanna V. Salian Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Rajeev Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email: rajeev[dot]edu[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Himanshu Singh Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email: himanshu[dot]singh88[at]nic[dot]in |
- Promoting Partnership between Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) with various MDBs.
- All administrative matters of the Division including other Parliament matters
- All the RTI Matters.
- Audit Paras other than EAP projects.
- Matters related to Sendai Framework Monitoring (SFM).
- All Intra and Inter-Divisional Coordination.
- All Administrative and Budget and Finance related matters.
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Director | Under Secretary | Section Officer |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Prasanna V. Salian Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in | Ms. Mary Neelima Minz Room No. 63, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5064 Email: maryneelima[dot]minz[at]nic[dot]in | Sh. Prakash Chand Meena Room No. 272, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095071 Intercom: 5071 Email: meena[dot]prakash[at]nic[dot]in |
Name & contact address of Division Head
Ms. Manisha Sinha
Additional Secretary (OMI)
Department of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Room No. 40-B, North Block, New Delhi – 110001.
+91-11-23092882 / 23094550
manisha[dot]sinha[at]nic[dot]in
The Other Multilateral Institutions (OMI) Division comprises the following four Sections
OMI (NDB, AfDB, EBRD Section)
- Matters relating to Management and Governance of the NDB, AfDB and EBRD;
- Policy of engagement and coordination with the NDB, AfDB and EBRD;
- Meetings of the Board of Governors, Board of Directors and its Committee of NDB, AFDB and EBRD;
- Leveraging NDB, AfDB and EBRD for promoting Indian Investment, Technology and Skill abroad;
- Arranging and coordinating financial assistance from the NDB for Central and State Sector Projects in India;
- Matters related to NDB assisted and pipeline projects;
- NDB, AfDB and EBRD Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc.
- All Budget related matters including implementation of the Budget announcement in respect of NDB, AFDB and EBRD;
- Parliament Questions, RTI matters relating to NDB, AFDB and EBRD;
- Cabinet Notes, COS references, PMO references, VIP references, etc relating to NDB, AFDB and EBRD.
- Institutions : NDB, AFDB and EBRD
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Nil
- States : Nil
- Legislations : African Development Bank Act, 1983 African Development Fund Act, 1982
Name and designation of Officers
| Section Officer / Economic Officer | Deputy Director / Under Secretary | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. For NDB - Vacant 2. Mr. Mohammad Tarique Ali, (EO-AfDB and EBRD) Room No. 268-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095238 Intercom: 5238 Email: ali[dot]007[at]gov[dot]in | 1. For AfDB and EBRD - Vacant 2. Dr. Bindu Madhab Panda, (DD-NDB) Room No. 241-E, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095060 Intercom: 5060 Email:bm[dot]panda[at]nic[dot]in | Dr. Jitender Singh Room No. 66-B, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: singh[dot]jitender[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (AIIB, IADB, OFID & CDB Section)
- Matters relating to Management, Governance, Policy of engagement and coordination of the AIIB;
- Leveraging AIIB, IADB, OFID & CDB for promoting Indian Investment, Technology and Skill abroad;
- Meetings of the Board of Governors, Board of Directors and its Committee of AIIB;
- Arranging and coordinating financial assistance from the AIIB for Central and State Sector Projects in India;
- Matters related to AIIB assisted and pipeline projects;
- AIIB, IADB, OFID & CDB Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc.
- Examination of joining IADB, CDB and Coordination with these MDBs;
- All Budget related matters including implementation of the Budget announcement in respect of AIIB;
- Parliament Questions, RTI matters relating to AIIB, IADB, OFID & CDB;
- Cabinet Notes, COS references, PMO references, VIP references, etc relating to AIIB, IADB, OFID & CDB.
- Institutions : AIIB, IADB, OFID and CDB
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Nil
- States : Nil
- Legislations : Nil
Name and designation of Officers
| Section Officer / Economic Officer | Deputy Director / Under Secretary | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1. For AIIB & OFID - Vacant 2. Mr. Mohammad Tarique Ali, (EO-IADB and CDB) Room No. 268-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095238 Intercom: 5238 Email: ali[dot]007[at]gov[dot]in | 1. For IADB and CDB - Vacant 2. Dr. Bindu Madhab Panda, (DD-AIIB & OFID) Room No. 241-E, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095060 Intercom: 5060 Email: bm[dot]panda[at]nic[dot]in | 1. Dr. Jitender Singh, Dir (IADB & CDB) Room No. 66-B, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: singh[dot]jitender[at]nic[dot]in 2. Dr. Prasanna V. Salian, Dir(AIIB & OFID) Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23093542 Intercom: 5747 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (IFAD Section)
- All policy matters and projects relating to the IFAD
- Contribution to IFAD (replenishment) and Budget requirements;
- IFAD's Country Strategy Program (COSOP);
- IFAD assisted Agriculture, Rural Livelihoods, Tribal Development, Women Empowerment and other allied sector projects in India;
- Maintenance of pipeline of projects for possible IFAD assistance;
- Meetings related to IFAD: Governing Council; Executive Board and Committee Meetings
- Visit of IFAD President, Vice President, Secretary, etc. to India;
- Parliament Questions, RTI matters etc. relating to IFAD
- Institutions : IFAD
- External Territorial Charge : Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, D/o Water Resources RD & GR
- States : Punjab, Haryana
- Legislations : Nil
Name and designation of Officers contact details of Officers
| Section Officer | Under Secretary | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Naveen Kumar Room No. 266-B, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095160 Intercom: 5160 Email: naveen[dot]motla[at]nic[dot]in | Vacant | Dr. Prasanna V. Salian Room No. 71-C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23093542 Intercom: 5747 Email: pv[dot]salian[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (Coordination Section)
- Matters related to Cabinet Note (DCN)/EFC/CCEA etc.
- Administrative and Budget Matters of the Division
- Intra and Inter-Divisional Coordination
- All inter-ministerial communications
- E-Samiksha related matters
- RTI Matters related to the division
- Parliament matters/Question, etc.
- VIP/PMO reference related to the division
- Miscellaneous matters of the Division
- Institutions : Nil
- External Territorial Charge: Nil
- Ministries/Departments: Science & Technology, CSIR, Women & child Development, National Commission for Women
- States : Rajasthan, Goa
- Legislations : Nil
Name and designation of Officers
| Section Officer | Under Secretary | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Vacant | Shri Paresh Malakar Room No. 276, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095074 Intercom: 5074 Email: paresh[dot]malakar[at]nic[dot]in | Dr. Jitender Singh Room No. 66-B, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092494 Intercom: 5098 Email: singh[dot]jitender[at]nic[dot]in |
OMI (Crypto Section and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC))
The crypto section handles policy matters related to crypto assets and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
Major Functions
- Policy matters, Parliament questions, Assurances, VIP references, PMO references Grievances, RTIs court cases and misc works related to Crypto assets and CBDC
Name, Designation & Contact details of Officers
| Director | Deputy Secretary |
|---|---|
| Shri Simrandeep Singh Room No. 78, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23092995 Intercom: 5027 Email: director-dea1[at]gov[dot]in | Ms. Sanju Yadav Room No. 241 C, North Block, New Delhi. Tel: 23095235 Intercom: 5235 Email:sanju[dot]yadav03[at]gov[dot]in |

