Parliament Question: Fund Allocation for Foreign Aid

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1009 ANSWERED ON - 25/07/2025 FUND ALLOCATION FOR FOREIGN AID 1009. SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:- (a) the total amount of funds allocated, released and utilized as foreign aid/loans for other countries during the last five years, country-wise; (b) the list of projects proposed, under construction and presently functioning in above-specified countries via financial aid/loans by India during the last ten years, country-wise; (c) the present status of the above projects undertaken and the proposed timeline for completion for all pending projects started during the last ten years, country-wise; and (d) whether the Government has undertaken any study/survey of projects that are in sensitive/war-zone regions of above specified countries, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? 1ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH) (a) Details of India’s foreign aid allocations for the last five years, region- wise and year-wise are attached at Annexure-I (b and c) The list of projects, with their present status, funded through financial aid and loans (Lines of Credit / Concessional Financing Scheme) by India during the last ten years attached at Annexure - II, Annexure - III and Annexure IV respectively. Cultural and Heritage Projects funded through aid are given at Annexure V. (d) The Ministry of External Affairs remains closely engaged with the countries where projects are undertaken mindful of the political and security situation on the ground. In countries of sensitive/war zone regions where the project-related activities are underway, collaboration with various stakeholders of the local Government is being actively pursued to ensure timely progress. 2Annexure I 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Total Total Total Total Aid to Total Alloc Alloc Alloc Allocat Allocated Relea Relea Relea Releas Countries Released ated ated ated ed sed sed sed ed 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 550.0 446.4 425.0 434.2 650.0 657.3 Nepal 880.00 879.10 700.00 701.62 0 2 0 7 0 8 1274. 1646. 1779. 1763. 722.3 720.1 1673.7 1675.4 Bhutan 1650.96 1558.52 64 56 28 10 7 7 8 3 600.0 598.2 500.0 454.6 355.0 352.9 Myanmar 350.00 347.05 410.00 410.82 0 5 0 2 0 6 260.0 246.0 400.0 183.1 770.9 832.8 Maldives 159.28 160.19 480.00 480.26 0 9 0 6 0 3 African 200.0 141.9 160.0 153.3 180.0 184.7 225.00 226.27 200.00 201.82 Countries 0 1 0 1 0 1 Eurasian 100.0 45.00 45.42 83.95 65.00 54.75 28.69 28.75 24.00 24.13 Countries 0 3Afghanist 200.0 166.3 350.0 279.3 220.0 207.2 350.00 348.82 44.00 42.43 an 0 6 0 7 0 6 900.0 839.1 575.0 568.0 345.0 358.8 Mauritius 650.00 652.07 576.00 580.10 0 5 0 8 0 7 Banglade 300.0 219.5 170.0 133.8 145.0 152.0 176.00 177.97 59.55 59.15 sh 0 3 0 8 0 9 Indo- Pacific 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 51.45 0.00 Co- operation Mongolia 0.58 0.48 2.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 4.00 3.45 8.25 8.30 126.0 100.0 119.3 Sri Lanka 75.00 44.80 50.00 48.55 75.00 315.00 317.41 4 0 7 Other Developin 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 83.00 77.91 g Countries LAC 22.00 11.77 55.00 37.69 7.00 2.79 50.00 51.13 90.00 91.60 countries Seychelle 90.00 90.28 20.00 18.46 6.45 6.05 5.50 6.18 30.00 28.83 4s Quad Co- 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.40 0.00 operation Tech Infrastrut 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.50 2.46 ure Projects 5Annexure II The list of projects proposed, under construction, and presently functioning in in above specified countries via financial aid by India during the last ten years, country wise S. No. Country Name of the Project Status 1. Afghanistan Supply of 75,000 MT Wheat Completed Supply of 1.70 lakh MT of 2. Afghanistan Completed Wheat Special Scholarship Scheme Under 3. Afghanistan for Afghan Nationals (SSSAN) Implementation Afghan Nationals Agricultural Under 4. Afghanistan Science and Technology Implementation University (ANASTU) Afghan Nationals Defence Under 5. Afghanistan and Security Forces (ANDSF) Implementation Supply of 20 Ambulances (15 Under 6. Afghanistan BLS + 5 ALS) Implementation 6E-VidhyaBharti and 7. Africa eAarogyaBharti (e-VBAB) Completed Network Project Akhaura - Agartala Rail Link 8. Bangladesh Completed Project, Bangladesh Procurement of 109 Basic 9. Bangladesh Completed Life Support Ambulances India Bangladesh Friendship 10. Bangladesh Completed Pipeline 11. Bhutan Punatsangchhu-I HEP Competed 12. Bhutan Punatsangchhu-II HEP Completed 13. Bhutan Mangdechhu HEP Completed Supply of SME machinery CARICOM and from India to CARICOM and Under 14. SICA countries SICA countries (5 countries in Implementation phase I) Comoros, Under Madagascar, 15. Setting of Solar Projects Seychelles and Implementation Fiji 7Supply of 6 Ambulances and Under 16. Comoros 6 Transport Pickup vans to Implementation Comoros Supply of 40 kidney dialysis machines to Gambia 17. Gambia Completed Jamaica, Solar Electrification of one Belize, St. Under 18. Government Building in Vincent & Implementation Caricom Countries Grenadines Supply of Electronic scoring and video board to Sabina 19. Jamaica Completed Park Cricket Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Establishment of advance centre of Agriculture 20. Myanmar Completed Research and Education (ACARE) at Nay Pyi Taw 8Construction/ Upgradation of Kalewa- Yargi Road Section Under 21. Myanmar of the Trilateral Highway, Implementation Myanmar Construction of 69 Bridges including approach roads on Under 22. Myanmar the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa Implementation (TKK) Section of Trilateral Highway, Myanmar Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) – Completed 23. Myanmar Waterways Component Myanmar Kaladan Multi Model Transit Under 24. Myanmar Transport Project (KMMTTP) Implementation Road Component Upgradation of India Under 25. Myanmar Myanmar centre for Implementation Enhancement of IT Skills 9(IMCEITS Phase-V) Donation of Books to Nay Pyi 26. Myanmar Taw State Academy, Yangon, Completed Myanmar. Donation of Laboratory Under Equipment to Nay Pyi Taw 27. Myanmar Implementation State Academy, Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar Institute of 28. Mynamar Information Technology Completed (MIIT) in Yangon 29. Mongolia India-Mongolia Friendship Under Secondary School (IMFSS) Implementation Maldives Ministry of Defence Building, Under 30. Maldives Implementation Maldives Greater Male Connectivity Under 31. Project Implementation Development of National 32. Maldives Competed College for police and law 10enforcement (NCPLE) Construction of Composite 33. Maldives Training Centre (CTC) in Completed Maldives Construction of 1 Mediclinic 34. Mauritius and 2 Area Health Centres in Completed Mauritius Civil Service College of 35. Mauritius Completed Mauritius Renal Transplant Units in Under 36. Mauritius Mauritius Implementation Under 37. Mauritius Supply of 100 Nos. of e-buses Implementation Supply of anti drug and Under 38. Mauritius smuggling unit Implementation Forensic Science Lab, Under Mauritius [US$ 4.7 m Grant 39. Mauritius Implementation +US$ 12.7 LOC component, Grant will be disbursed after 1170% of LOC disbursement] Metro Express project: Phase 40. Mauritius Completed I & II Metro Express project: Phase 41. Mauritius Completed III 42. Mauritius New ENT Hospital Completed 43. Mauritius Social Housing Proejct Completed Supreme Court Building 44. Mauritius Completed Project 45. Mauritius E-tablet Project Completed 46. Madagascar Supply of 9 ton trucks (3 Nos) Completed Construction of National Under 47. Nepal Police Academy at Panauti Implementation Integrated Check Post (ICP) 48. Nepal Completed at Birgunj Under Integrated Check Post (ICP) 49. Nepal Implementation at Bhairahawa 12Integrated Check Post (ICP) 50. Nepal Completed at Biratanagar Integrated Check Post (ICP) 51. Nepal Completed at Nepalgunj Integrated Check Post (ICP), Under 52. Nepal Dodhara Chandani Implementation Jayanagar - Bardibas Cross Under 53. Nepal Border Rail Link project, Implementation Nepal Jogbani – Biratnagar Rail Under 54. Nepal Link, Nepal Implementation Nepal Bharat Maitri Under 55. Nepal polytechnic Hetauda Implementation Raxaul-kathamandu Railway Under 56. Nepal line Implementation Supply of 20 Nos e-Buses to Under 57. Nepal Nepal Implementation Supply of 200 kidney dialysis 58. Nepal Completed machine and 50 RO Systems 59. Palau Completed Procurement and supply of 12 13Nos water tanks to Palau Upgradation and Modernisation of “Centre D” 60. Senegal Competed Entrepreneurship Et. De Development Technique Indian Housing Project Phase Under 61. Sri Lanka III: Construction of 4,000 Implementation houses in plantation areas Indian Housing Project Phase- Under 62. Sri Lanka IV Implementation Construction of Jaffna 63. Sri Lanka Completed Cultural Centre Unique Digital Identity Under 64. Sri Lanka Project Implementation Supply of food grains to 65. Suriname Completed Suriname Sao Tome and Supply of Buses to Sao Tome 66. Completed Principe and Principe (STP) Setting up of Gandhi Mandela 67. South Africa Completed Centre of Specialization 14(GMCOS) of Artisan Skills in Pretoria, South Africa 3 Years Annual Maintenance of Gandhi Mandela Centre of Specialization (GMCOS) of Under 68. South Africa Artisan Skills in Pretoria, Implementation South Africa Supply of materials for 1000 number of Artificial Limbs to Under 69. South Africa be donated to Govt. of Implementation Malawai Uganda Supply of 10 Trailers to Govt Completed 70. of Uganda Uganda Supply of 10 Tractors to Govt Competed 71. of Uganda Uganda Supply of 10 Buses to Completed 72. Government 15Supply of 05 Ambulances to 73. Uganda Competed Government Procurement and Supply of 500 ordinary and 100 Under 74. Zambia Embroidery Sewing Machines Implementation to the Government of Zambia Supply of Medical equipment Under 75. Zambia to Zambia Implementation Procurement and supply of 16 9 Pacific Island Under 76. Sea Ambulances to 9 Pacific countries Implementation Island countries 16Annexure -III Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit over the last 10 years S. Implementation Country Project Name No. Stage Procurement of 120 nos. BG 1. Bangladesh passenger coaches for Bangladesh Completed Railway [BR] Infrastructure Development for Under 2. Bangladesh Power Evacuation Facilities of Implementation Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line 3. Bangladesh Completed Project 20 MW Hydro-electric project in 4. Burundi Completed Kabu Under 5. Cameroon Cassava Plantation Project Implementation Setting up a Greenfield 600 TPD Under 6. Congo R. Rotary Kiln Cement Plant Project Implementation 177. Cuba Supply of Rice to Cuba Completed East Bank-East Coast Road linkage 8. Guyana Completed project Power Transmission Lines and 9. Kenya Completed Substation Project Maldives Water & Sewerage Sector Projects Completed 10. in Maldives Maldives Addu City Development Project Completed 11. (Reclamation and Road works) Under 12. Maldives Hanimaadhoo International Airport Implementation 13. Mauritius Metro Express Project (Phase I &II) Completed Engineering Procurement and 14. Mauritius Construction of Mauritius Metro Completed Express Project- Phase-III Construction of Crude Oil Refinery Under 15. Mongolia Project Implementation Procurement of railway rolling 16. Mozambique Completed stock including locomotives, coaches and wagons 18Transmission Line and Substation 17. Myanmar Completed project Koshi Corridor Transmission Line Under 18. Nepal Project Implementation Upgrading/Improvement of Kaligandaki Corridor, Gaidakot- 19. Nepal Completed Rampur-Pipaldanda Road Project in Nepal 20. Nepal Housing Project - IIIrd tranche Completed Upgrading railway track from Maho- 21. Sri Lanka Completed Anuradapura-Omanthai Supply of 6 Diesel Multiple Units 22. Sri Lanka with Air Conditioned Passenger Completed Compartments Railways 23. Sri Lanka Procurement of Rolling stock Completed 24. Sri Lanka Supply of Petroleum products Completed 25. Sri Lanka Supply of Urea Fertiliser Completed Extension of Lake Victoria Pipeline 26. Tanzania Completed to Tabora, Igunga and Nzega 27. Tanzania Completed Construction and Execution of the 19works related to Rehabilitation and Improvement of water supply scheme in Zanzibar, Tanzania Construction of water supply Under 28. Tanzania schemes in various towns of Implementation Tanzania Mainland 161 KV Power Transmission Line 29. Togo Completed and associated substations Upgradation of Deka Pumping 30. Zimbabwe Station and River Water Intake Completed System Annexure IV 20Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS) Sr. Implementation Country Project Name No. Stage 2 x 660 MW Maitree Super Thermal 1 Bangladesh Completed Power Plant 21Annexure V Cultural and Heritage Projects funded through aid during the last ten years S.No Country Project Status 1. Cambodia Ta Prohm Temple Under Implementation restoration 2. Cambodia Preah Vihear Temple Under Implementation restoration 3. Lao PDR Vat Phou Temple Under Implementation restoration 4. Vietnam My Son Phase-I Completed 5. Vietnam My Son Phase-II Under Implementation 6. Costa Rica India - Costa Rica Centre Completed of Excellence in IT 7. Dominica Centre of Excellence in Completed Roseau-Commonwealth of Dominica 8. Panama India - PANAMA Centre of Completed Excellence in IT 229. Tanzania ICT Resource Centre at Completed Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science & Technology, Arusha ,Tanzania 10. Egypt India - Egypt Centre for Completed Excellence of Information Technology 11. Papua New Centre of Excellence in Completed Guinea IT at Papua New Guinea 12. Morocco India Morocco Centre of Completed Excellence in IT 13. CARICOM Upgradation of existing Completed IT Infrastructure and associated software at CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana 14. Nauru Mahatma Gandhi Centre Completed 23of Excellence in IT at Nauru 15. Niue Centre of Excellence in Completed IT at Niue 16. Fiji Mahatma Gandhi Centre Completed of Excellence in IT at Fiji 17. Cook Islands Mahatma Gandhi Centre Completed of Excellence in IT at Cook Islands 18. Samoa India Samoa Centre of Completed Excellence in IT at Samoa 19. Namibia India - Namibia Centre of Completed Excellence in IT at Namibia 20. Jordan Setting up of NexGen Completed Centre of Excellence in IT at Hashemite Kingdom 24of Jordan 21. Argentina India-Argentina Centre of Completed Excellence in Information Technology (IA-CEIT) at Buenos Aries 22. Syria NexGen India – Syria Completed Centre of Excellence in IT at Damascus 23. Solomon Islands India – Solomon Islands Completed Centre of Excellence in IT (IS-CEIT) 24. Kazakhstan Upgradation of PARAM Completed BILIM at India – Kazakhstan Centre of Excellence in ICT at ENU in Nur-Sultan 25. Vanuatu India – Vanuatu Centre of Completed Excellence in IT (IV- CEIT) ***** 25