India becomes 69th shareholder of EBRD

India has been formally announced as the 69th shareholder of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). India has only taken a shareholding in EBRD but it will not be a recipient of EBRD financing. London-headquartered EBRD is a multilateral development bank set up in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall to promote private & entrepreneurial initiative in emerging Europe.