Foreign aid given by India
Indian financial and technical aid to other countries
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Food aid
2019>21
August 7, 2021: The Times of India
India gave 79,000 tonnes of food aid to foreign countries in FY21
New Delhi:
The Indian government not only provided 5 kg of free foodgrains each month to 80 crore poor during 2020-21, it also provided 79,000 tonnes as food aid to the “deserving” countries, the food ministry informed Rajya Sabha on Friday. It also said the export of non-basmati rice increased by 2.6 times in 2020-21 compared to the previous year and export of wheat was almost 9.5 times over that of 2019-20.
In a written reply, junior consumer affairs and food minister Sadhvi Niranjana Jyoti said the export of nonbasmati rice increased to nearly 131 lakh tonnes in 2020-21 compared to only 51 lakh tonnes during the previous year. The export of basmati rice marginally increased from 44.55 lakh tonnes in 2019-20 to 46.3 lakh tonnes during last year.
During the same period there was a quantum jump in the export of wheatfrom merely 2.2 lakh tonnes in 2019-20 to around 21 lakh tonnes during last yearsaid the ministry.
So far as the grant from central pool stock of foodgrain to other countries was concerned, India increased food aid to the deserving nations by almost 36 times during last year compared to 2019-20. The ministry said while 2,184 tonnes of wheat and rice were provided to such countries in 2019-20, last year it was increased to 79,000 tonnes.
On the total stock of foodgrains in the Central Pool as on July 16 was 883 lakh tonnes.
Health aid
2009- 20
Dec 31, 2022: The Times of India
From: Dec 31, 2022: The Times of India
Over the past decade, India has generally increased its contributions, both bilateral and multilateral, towards development assistance for health (DAH) in lowand middle-income countries. From under $15 million in 2009, cumulative contributions peaked in 2019 at more than $35 million, before dipping in 2020 to below $10 million. In terms of bilateral assistance, India gave the most such aid to Nepal, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. But despite increases, India still only gives a fraction of the health-related aid it receives from other countries and international agencies, according to a recently published study.
In 2015, India gave $15 mn to other countries After peaking in 2015 at $15 million, India’s DAH contributions dipped to $4 million in 2016 but have been gradually rising since then. Most DAH is contributed by high-income countries to lowand middle-income economies. But countries like India and China have placed an increasingly greater focus on health aid to help develop healthcare. infrastructure, train health workers and provide access to treatments and equipment. Between 2009 and 2020, India has contributed a total $206 million in bilateral and multilateral health assistance, dwarfed by the $652 million China gave in 2017, and accounting for only a fraction of the $52 billion in global DAH. With India’s growing role as a leader of the Global South, DAH can be an important tool in growing its influence, authors of the report said.
Indian aid, worldwide
Total aid provided by India, 2006-16
TOTAL AID PROVIDED BY INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES ANNUALLY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
(Rs. in Crores)
| YEAR | AMOUNT |
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2006-07 |
1323.68 |
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2007-08 |
1481.97 |
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2008-09 |
2468.92 |
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2009-10 |
2251.13 |
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2010-11 |
2705.91 |
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2011-12 |
3254.22 |
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2012-13 |
5193.81 |
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2013-14 |
6427.44 |
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2014-15 |
6473.29 |
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2015-16 |
7719.65 |
2011-19
India’s grants & loans to foreign countries
India’s aid to its neighbours
From: Sep 7, 2019: The Times of India
See graphic :
2011-19:
India’s grants & loans to foreign countries
India’s aid to its neighbours
The same caption as The Times of India's
2011-16: a country-wise break-up of Indian aid
AID PROVIDED BY INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS
(Rs. in Crores)
|
Aid to countries |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
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Bangladesh |
8.81 |
281.20 |
604.66 |
197.84 |
155.68 |
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Bhutan |
2021.37 |
3410.98 |
3926.78 |
4395.17 |
5368.46 |
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Nepal |
191.15 |
292.55 |
381.37 |
303.26 |
309.94 |
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Sri Lanka |
181.94 |
248.20 |
420.80 |
499.70 |
403.80 |
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Maldives |
285.70 |
16.43 |
9.67 |
26.08 |
55.04 |
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Myanmar |
67.40 |
121.88 |
164.86 |
104.34 |
117.07 |
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Other developing countries |
25.47 |
30.95 |
61.28 |
54.13 |
103.50 |
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Africa |
114.26 |
239.64 |
251.92 |
142.86 |
283.83 |
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Eurasia |
29.47 |
32.66 |
14.30 |
11.94 |
19.37 |
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Mongolia |
2.02 |
0.75 |
1.50 |
2.28 |
7.49 |
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Latin America |
0.02 |
27.61 |
4.99 |
12.17 |
15.03 |
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Afghanistan |
326.61 |
490.96 |
585.31 |
723.52 |
880.44 |
Indian aid to neighbours
2013-15
Bhutan grabs dragon's share of aid in Budget
pradeep.thakur@timesgroup.com New Delhi:
Indpaedia objects to the word ‘grab.’ Bhutan does not grab anything from India. India and Bhutan are brotherly nations. India is merely trying to be a good brother.
The Times of India Jul 13 2014
India has helped the kingdom nation Bhutan with grants and loans allocated to the latter going up by nearly 50% -from Rs 4,100 crore in 2013 to Rs 6,000 crore in 2014.
Bhutan has been getting significant financial aid from India by way of grants, both under plan and non-plan expenditure heads. This year, after Modi visited the neighbouring country soon after his swearing-in, the NDA government has significantly increased the financial package. Bhutan was Modi's first foreign visit as PM.
Comparatively, other countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have got marginal hikes in grants from the Indian government this year. Even Afghanistan, where India's engagement has increased in recent years, has been allocated Rs 676 crore, not a big hike against last year's Rs 525 crore.
Nepal, with which the PM has expressed his desire to engage more, has not found as much prominence as Bhutan in monetary terms. Among grants and loans to foreign countries, Nepal has got Rs 450 crore as against Rs 380 crore in the previous year. In case of Sri Lanka, the allocation has been Rs 500 crore, an increase of Rs 90 crore from last year.
Bangladesh is the only country in the SAARC region for which the Budget has made lower provisions. The aid for Bangladesh in this Budget is Rs 350 crore, against Rs 580 crore last year.
2017-19
From: Rohan Dua, India’s aid to Nepal up 73% to check China’s infra push, March 21, 2018: The Times of India
The Centre has decided to hike its financial aid for the financial year beginning April 2018 to Nepal to Rs 650 crore, a 73% increase from the previous year allocation, while expressing concern over increasing Chinese presence in some of the neighbourhood countries.
India’s aid to Nepal in 2017-18 financial year stood at Rs 375 crore.
However, the largest allocation of aid by India has yet again been kept for Bhutan at Rs 1,813 crore, which is part of the five-year commitment to help the royal government build hydro-electric projects at Punatsangchhu, and Mangdechhu among other infrastructure works.
Bhutan had firmly stood behind India when its troops and China were locked in a 73-day-long standoff in Doklam from June 16 last year after the Indian side stopped building a road in the disputed trijunction by the Chinese Army. Bhutan and China have a dispute over Doklam. The face-off ended on August 28.
This has been disclosed in the parliamentary committee report on external affairs tabled last week.
“China is making serious headway in infrastructure projects in our neighbourhood. Specifying the strategy devised to counter increasing Chinese presence in our backyard, the government is committed to advancing its development partnership with Bhutan and Nepal, as per their priorities,” the report says.
“The allocation of funds under to Bhutan and Nepal for 2018-19 is a reflection of our expanded development partnership with the two countries and continued emphasis on expeditious implementation of our ongoing projects, in consultation and coordination with the respective governments, for mutual benefits,” it adds.
In a response to the panel on whether the sharp rise in allocation to Nepal is a strategic step to counter growing Chinese influence, the report states, “India and Nepal have close cultural and civilisational ties and a wide-ranging and expanding partnership across diverse sectors, which stand firmly on their own.”
The report points out security concerns on the Indo-Nepal border among reasons to hike the aid. Detailed project reports have been prepared for the Integrated Check Posts at Nepalgunj and Bhairahawa in Nepal.
India’s technical cooperation programme,2013-14
