The country operations business plan (COBP), 2016–2018 is aligned with the India country partnership strategy (CPS), 2013–2017.

The CPS supports India’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan objectives of “faster, sustainable, and more inclusive growth”, and fits within the rubric of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Strategy 2020. The COBP contributes to the three strategic pillars of the CPS, namely, inclusive growth; environmentally sustainable growth; and regional cooperation and integration (RCI).

The thrust of the three-year program continues to be infrastructure development through the energy, transport, urban, and agriculture and natural resources sectors, with the finance and human development sectors providing cross-cutting support. In line with the strategic vision of the CPS, a subset of the operations focuses on flagship programs such as economic corridors, RCI, and support to modalities for infrastructure financing.