Lok Sabha Question No. 153 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Indian Aid to African Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.153 FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2017

## INDIAN AID TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES

*153. SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)       whether  the  Government  has  taken  initiatives  to  increase  India's engagements with African countries;
- (b)       if so, the details thereof, country-wise during the last five years;
- (c)      whether India has been providing aid to African countries through development partnership;
- (d)     if  so,  the  details  thereof,  country  and  programme-wise  during  the above period; and
- (e)     the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  relationship  with African countries?

ANSWER THE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SUSHMA SWARAJ)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  To  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 153 REGARDING 'INDIAN AID TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES' FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2017

Government  has  been  taking  various  measures  to  enhance  engagement  with  the African countries and declared Africa as a top priority in our foreign and economic policy.

On the political front, we have intensified our engagement.  In the 3 rd India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), held in 2015 in New Delhi, Government invited all 54 countries of the  African  continent  with  which  we  have  diplomatic  relations  breaking  from  Banjul formula  followed  during  the  earlier  2  Summits.  41  Heads  of  State/Government  and representatives of all 54 countries attended the Summit.

16  outgoing  visits  have  taken  place  in  the  last  5  years  by  the  troika  -  3  by  the President, 7 by Vice President and 6 by the Prime Minister. President Pranab Mukherjee has visited  Namibia,  Ghana  and  Ivory  Coast.  Vice  President  Hamid  Ansari  has  been  to Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, Mali, Algeria, Rwanda and Uganda. And PM Modi has travelled to  South  Africa,  Mozambique,  Tanzania,  Kenya,  Mauritius  and  Seychelles.  Under  the extended political outreach of MEA, Ministerial visits have taken place to all the countries of the African continent.

We  have  also  had  11  incoming  visits  by  African  Heads  of  States/Heads  of Governments  for  various  bilateral  and  multilateral  events  other  than  IAFS  III (from Tanzania,  Mozambique,  Mauritius,  Egypt,  South  Africa,  Kenya,  Rwanda,  Swaziland, Uganda, Benin and Senegal).

We  have  organized a number  of important events having Ministerial level participation from Africa, notable ones include 4 th Hydro Carbon Conference, 11 th and 12 th CII-EXIM Bank Conclaves (2016 & 17), India-Africa Agri-Business Forum, India-Africa Health Forum, First India-Africa Health Science Meet and Petrotech 2016. India for the first time also hosted the African Development Board Annual Meeting this year in Gandhinagar.

India-Africa  trade  in  2015-16  was  estimated  at  $56.5  billion.  India's  Duty  Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been offered

to 33 LDC countries in Africa out of which 24 have subscribed to the scheme. There are growing  investments  by  Indian  companies,  both  multinational  and  SMEs,  in Africa  in  a range  of  sectors.  India  is  now  the  fifth  largest  investor  in  the  African  continent,  with investments over the past 20  years amounting to US $54 billion ( A country wise list of Indian investments in the last 5 years is enclosed at Annexure-I).

Government has been providing aid to African countries through our development partnership  assistance  schemes  i.e.  grant-in  aid  projects,  training  &  capacity  building programmes,  Lines  of  Credit  assistance,  Humanitarian  &  Disaster  Relief Assistance  and familiarization visits. Much has been done under development cooperation through multisectoral initiatives in agriculture, infrastructure, health, education, science and information technology.

We  have  committed  to  building  capacity  building  institutions  and  have  set  up Vocational  Training  Centres,  IT  Parks  and  Centres  of  Excellence  in  various  African countries.  We have supplied vehicles, ambulances, agricultural equipment,  IT equipment, medical devices, medicines and other items to various African countries. The first phase of our  massive  Pan  Africa  e-Network  project  (PANeP)  focusing  on  tele-education  and  telemedicine  covered  48  countries  in  Africa.    We  are  planning  to  initiate  2 nd phase  of  the PANeP project. India has given Rs 855 crores as aid in Financial Year 2016-17 to African countries.

152 lines of credit have been extended to 44 countries for a total amount of nearly $8 billion for developing infrastructure, public transport, clean energy, irrigation, agriculture and manufacturing capacity etc across Africa ( A list of Lines of credit extended to African countries  in  the  last  five  years  is  enclosed  at Annexure-II). India  announced  Lines  of Credit of US$10 billion for development projects and a grant assistance of $600 million at the  last  India-Africa  summit  in  2015  to  spread  over  5  years.  A  number  of  development partnership projects are ongoing or completed in various African countries either as Grantin  Aid  projects  or  under  concessional  loans  ( A  List  of  the  projects  is  enclosed  at Annexure-III).

We have been organizing various training programs for African candidates in India as  well  as  in  Africa (A List  is  enclosed  at  Annexure-IV). We  have  strengthened  our

development partnership programme by doubling the number of scholarships being offered to Africa. A total of 50 thousand scholarships, over a period of 5 years, beginning 2015 have been  offered  to  African  candidates.  In  addition,  we  have  started  since  last  year,  private partnership training programmes in the Health sector. We have also been deputing experts to Africa.

Various Institutional mechanisms have been revived or initiated with many African countries including Joint Ministerial Commissions, Joint Trade Committees (JTCs), Foreign Office consultations, Joint Working Groups etc.

We  have  made  it  easier  for  the  people  of  Africa  to  travel  to  India  by  extending electronic tourist visa (E TV) facilities to 29 countries from Africa (A List is enclosed at Annexure-V). Gratis business visa facility and 10 year business visa facility has also been extended to nationals of selected countries.

In the area of Culture, first ever Festivals of India were organized in Kenya (2016) and Tanzania (2016). A Festival of India in Zimbabwe and a Festival of Indian Films in Botswana  (2016)  were  also  organized.  Egypt  was  the  partner  country  in  the  Surajkund International  Fair  last  year,  which  also  saw  participation  by  Tanzania  and  Rwanda. International Yoga Days are now being celebrated in almost all African countries.

We have also initiated  Dialogues  on Africa  with  like-minded  countries  to  explore joint activities to further strengthen our relations with Africa. We have on-going Dialogues on Africa with USA and Japan and have initiated new Dialogues with Germany and France. Under our triangular cooperation programmes, USA and India have been training African candidates in the area of Agriculture as well as UN Peacekeeping.  With Japan, we have launched  Asia-Africa  Growth  Corridor  Vision  Document  to  explore  joint  collaborative projects in Africa.

Our  approach  to  partnership  with  Africa  is  driven  by  the  aim  of  South-South Cooperation,  empowerment,  capacity  building,  human  resource  development,  access  to Indian market, and support for Indian investments in Africa.

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ANNEXURE-I India's Approved Overseas Direct Investment in Africa (US$mn)

| S.No.   | Name of the Country                | April 1996 to March 2010   | 2010-11   | 2011- 12   | 2012- 13   | 2013- 14   | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | April 1996 to March 2016   |
|---------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------------------|
| 1       | Mauritius                          | 9081.4                     | 13106.9   | 7421.1     | 4438.9     | 4581.9     | 4580.8     | 3670.4     | 46881.4                    |
| 2.      | Mozambique                         | 18.2                       | 3.0       | 1.0        | 0.6        | 2643.1     | 7.7        | 1.7        | 2675.2                     |
| 3.      | Sudan                              | 1224.8                     | 13.9      | 0.0        | 0.0        | -          | -          | -          | 1238.8                     |
| 4.      | Egypt                              | 821.8                      | 24.0      | 11.8       | 76.6       | 29.2       | 17.6       | 8.3        | 989.3                      |
| 5.      | South Africa                       | 197.5                      | 41.8      | 12.2       | 137.5      | 19.1       | 29.5       | 60.6       | 498.2                      |
| 6.      | Libya                              | 163.2                      | 56.0      | -          | 0.8        | 27.2       | 7.4        | 0.1        | 254.7                      |
| 7.      | Tunisia                            | 5.2                        | -         | -          | 4.7        | 103.5      | -          | 82.2       | 195.6                      |
| 8.      | Liberia                            | 191.0                      | -         | 0.4        | 0.4        | 0.3        | 0.2        | -          | 192.3                      |
| 9.      | Kenya                              | 150.4                      | 0.7       | 1.8        | 8.7        | 1.8        | 6.1        | 3.8        | 173.2                      |
| 10.     | Zambia                             | 3.1                        | 0.9       | 2.8        | 4.5        | 12.0       | 41.7       | 79.7       | 144.5                      |
| 11.     | Morocco                            | 35.9                       | 38.0      | 0.0        | 4.9        | 5.8        | 14.9       | 21.7       | 121.2                      |
| 12.     | Nigeria                            | 66.4                       | 8.9       | 16.3       | 7.7        | 6.6        | 12.7       | 0.6        | 119.2                      |
| 13.     | Gabon                              | 69.1                       | 0.1       | 0.2        | -          | 18.7       | 12.1       | 0.0        | 100.0                      |
| 14.     | Ethiopia                           | 12.2                       | 3.7       | 3.6        | 3.1        | 6.0        | 42.2       | 17.0       | 87.7                       |
| 15.     | Ghana                              | 15.9                       | 11.6      | 17.4       | 8.9        | 24.4       | 2.2        | 2.0        | 82.5                       |
| 16.     | Tanzania                           | 36.3                       | 6.6       | 7.4        | 7.4        | 3.8        | 1.6        | 11.4       | 74.6                       |
| 17.     | Botswana                           | 19.6                       | 2.9       | 5.6        | 3.9        | 0.9        | 5.0        | -          | 38.0                       |
| 18.     | Uganda                             | 3.6                        | 23.3      | 0.3        | 0.5        | 0.7        | 1.5        | 1.4        | 31.2                       |
| 19.     | The Gambia                         | 29.7                       | 0.9       | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 30.6                       |
| 20.     | Rwanda                             | 18.9                       | -         | -          | 1.0        | 2.3        | 1.5        | 1.1        | 24.8                       |
| 21.     | Senegal                            | 23.3                       | -         | -          | 1.1        | -          | -          | -          | 24.3                       |
| 22.     | Ivory Coast                        | 15.6                       | -         | -          | -          | 0.1        | -          | -          | 15.07                      |
| 23.     | Algeria                            | 1.3                        | -         | 2.0        | -          | -          | 3.1        | 5.5        | 12.0                       |
| 24.     | Mali                               | 0.3                        | 0.0       | 1.2        | 1.4        | 4.1        | 1.4        | 0.1        | 8.4                        |
| 25.     | Mauritania                         | 1.7                        | -         | 1.4        | 2.9        | 0.2        | -          | -          | 6.1                        |
| 26.     | Congo                              | 4.4                        | -         | 0.7        | -          | -          | 0.2        | -          | 5.3                        |
| 27.     | Madagascar                         | 0.1                        | 0.0       | 0.6        | 1.9        | -          | 0.3        | 0.9        | 3.7                        |
| 28.     | Seychelles                         | 0.0                        | 2.5       | 0.7        | -          | 0.3        | -          | -          | 3.5                        |
| 29.     | Zimbabwe                           | 2.5                        | -         | 0.1        | -          | -          | 0.2        | -          | 2.9                        |
| 30.     | Namibia                            | 0.2                        | 0.6       | 1.3        | -          | 0.2        | -          | -          | 2.3                        |
| 31.     | Malawi                             | 1.3                        | -         | -          | -          | -          | 0.1        | 0.5        | 1.9                        |
| 32.     | Guinea                             | -                          | -         | 0.1        | 0.2        | 0.2        | 0.3        | 0.6        | 1.4                        |
| 33.     | Benin                              | 0.1                        | -         | -          | -          | -          | -          | 1.0        | 1.1                        |
| 34.     | Niger                              | 0.5                        | 0.2       | 0.2        | -          | -          | -          | -          | 0.9                        |
| 35.     | Swaziland                          | 0.4                        | -         | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 0.4                        |
| 36.     | Chad                               | -                          | 0.1       | -          | -          | -          | 0.1        | -          | 0.2                        |
| 37.     | Djibouti                           | -                          | -         | -          | 0.1        | -          | -          | 0.1        | 0.2                        |
| 38.     | Central African Republic           | -                          | -         | -          | 0.1        | -          | -          | -          | 0.1                        |
| 39.     | Burkina Faso                       | 0.1                        | -         | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | 0.1                        |
| 40.     | Sierra Leone                       | -                          | -         | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -                          |
| 41.     | Cameroon                           | -                          | -         | -          | -          | -          | -          | -          | -                          |
|         | FDI Outflow to Africa              | 12215.8                    | 13346.7   | 7510.0     | 4717.5     | 7492.5     | 4790.2     | 3970.5     | 54043.3                    |
|         | Share in India's Total FDI Outflow | 13.7%                      | 30.4%     | 24.3%      | 17.6%      | 20.3%      | 15.5%      | 18.0%      | 19.2%                      |

Approved  Overseas  Direct  Investment  implies  RBI  approvals  for  Approved  Overseas  Direct  Investment  in

Equity, Loan and Guarantees

Source: Ministry of Finance, RBI , EXIM Bank

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## Line of Credit (LOCs) to African Countries in last five years (From 2012-13 to 2017-18 till 30 June 2017)

| S No.   | Country    | Amount of Credit (in USD mn)   | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                        | Disbursements so far by Exim Bank (in USD mn)   |
|---------|------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13 | 2012-13    | 2012-13                        | 2012-13                                                                                                                                                                        | 2012-13                                         |
| 1       | Benin      | 15.00                          | Tractor assembly plant and farm equipment manufacturing unit                                                                                                                   | 14.88                                           |
| 2       | Burundi    | 4.22                           | Farm Mechanization                                                                                                                                                             | -                                               |
| 3       | Burundi    | 0.17                           | Preparation of Detailed Project report for an Integrated Food Processing Complex in Burundi                                                                                    | -                                               |
| 4       | Mozambique | 19.72                          | Rural drinking water project extension                                                                                                                                         | 19.34                                           |
| 5       | Mozambique | 149.72                         | Rehabilitation of Road between Tica, Buzi and Nova Sofala in Mozambique                                                                                                        | 1.66                                            |
| 6       | Senegal    | 41.96                          | Setting up a Modern Abattoir, Meat Processing, Cold Storage, Rendering and Tannery Plant and Market Place in Senegal                                                           | -                                               |
| 7       | Sudan      | 125.00                         | Mashkour Sugar Project (IInd tranche of US $ 150 mn)                                                                                                                           | -                                               |
| 8       | Zimbabwe   | 28.60                          | Up-gradation of Deka Pumping Station and River Water Intake System in Zimbabwe                                                                                                 | 11.98                                           |
| 2013-14 | 2013-14    | 2013-14                        | 2013-14                                                                                                                                                                        | 2013-14                                         |
| 1       | Benin      | 42.61                          | Upgradation of Water Supply Schemes in 69 villages in Benin                                                                                                                    | 1.43                                            |
| 2       | D.R.Congo  | 82.00                          | Completion of Katende Hydro-electric Project                                                                                                                                   | 3.54                                            |
| 3       | Djibouti   | 15.13                          | Ali Sabieh Cement Project, Djibouti                                                                                                                                            | 5.22                                            |
| 4       | Ethiopia   | 300.00                         | Ethio-Djibouti Rail Line Project                                                                                                                                               | 0.37                                            |
| 5       | Guinea     | 35.00                          | Strengthening of Health System                                                                                                                                                 | 0.20                                            |
| 6       | Mauritius  | 46.00                          | Purchase of specialised equipment and vehicles                                                                                                                                 | 22.00                                           |
| 7       | Mauritius  | 18.00                          | To finance the acquisition of Waterjet Fast Attack Craft                                                                                                                       | 18.00                                           |
| 8       | Mozambique | 47.00                          | Construction of 1200 houses in Mozambique                                                                                                                                      | 12.84                                           |
| 9       | Niger      | 34.54                          | Solar electrification of 30 villages and solar photovoltaic system of5MW                                                                                                       | 1.14                                            |
| 10      | Niger      | 25.00                          | Potable Water for Semi-Urban and Rural Communities                                                                                                                             | 19.17                                           |
| 11      | R. Congo   | 89.90                          | Development of Transport System                                                                                                                                                | 22.36                                           |
| 12      | Rwanda     | 120.05                         | [i] Export Targeted Modern Irrigated Agricultural Project (USD 60.22 million); and [ii] Extension of Export Targeted Modern Irrigated Agricultural Project (USD 59.83 million) | 5.20                                            |

## ANNEXURE-II

| 13      | Sierra Leone   | 30.00   | Irrigation Development in Tomabum, Sierra Leone                                                                                                                                       | -       |
|---------|----------------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 14      | Sierra Leone   | 15.00   | Expansion of the ongoing projects for rehabilitation of existing potable water facilities in four communities in Sierra Leone                                                         | -       |
| 15      | Sudan          | 45.17   | Capitalization of Interest under operative LOCs for change in terms of the existing LOCs                                                                                              | 45.17   |
| 16      | Togo           | 30.00   | Rural Electrification Project to cover 150 localities                                                                                                                                 | 0.18    |
| 17      | Togo           | 52.00   | Setting up of 161 KVPower Transmission Line                                                                                                                                           | 0.17    |
| 2014-15 | 2014-15        | 2014-15 | 2014-15                                                                                                                                                                               | 2014-15 |
| 1       | Burkina Faso   | 184.00  | Hydro-electric Power Plant and Transmission network Project in Burkina Faso                                                                                                           | -       |
| 2       | Cote d'Ivoire  | 24.00   | Electricity Interconnection Project between Cote d'Ivore and Mali                                                                                                                     | 1.73    |
| 3       | D.R.Congo      | 34.50   | Development of Power Distribution Project in Bandundu Province                                                                                                                        | 0.40    |
| 4       | D.R.Congo      | 109.94  | Financing transmission and distribution project in Kasai province of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for evacuation of electricity from Katende Hydroelectricity Power Project | 1.00    |
| 5       | Gambia         | 22.50   | Electrification expansion project                                                                                                                                                     | 0.12    |
| 6       | Gambia         | 22.50   | Replacement of Asbestos water pipes with UPVC pipes project                                                                                                                           | 0.24    |
| 7       | Ghana          | 24.54   | Sugarcane development and irrigation project                                                                                                                                          | -       |
| 8       | Ghana          | 150.00  | Strengthening of Agriculture Mechanization Services Centres                                                                                                                           | -       |
| 9       | Ghana          | 30.00   | Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of Potable Water System in Yendi, Ghana                                                                                                               | -       |
| 10      | Mauritania     | 65.68   | Solar Diesel Hybrid Rural Electricity Project                                                                                                                                         | -       |
| 11      | Mauritius      | 500.00  | Equity Participation for financing various Infrastructure Projects                                                                                                                    | -       |
| 12      | R. Congo       | 55.00   | Setting up a Greenfield 600 tpd rotary kiln Cement Plant Project                                                                                                                      | -       |
| 13      | Senegal        | 62.95   | Rice Self Sufficiency programme in Senegal                                                                                                                                            | 11.39   |
| 14      | Senegal        | 26.00   | Acquisition of buses                                                                                                                                                                  | -       |
| 15      | Seychelles     | 10.00   | Procurement of goods as per the specified needs of the Government of the Republic of Seychelles                                                                                       | -       |
| 16      | Tanzania       | 268.35  | Extension of Lake Victoria Pipeline to Tabora, Igunga and Nzega                                                                                                                       | 1.91    |

| 2015-16   | 2015-16       | 2015-16   | 2015-16                                                                                     | 2015-16   |
|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Gambia        | 92.00     | Expansion of Banjul Port                                                                    | -         |
| 2         | Kenya         | 100.00    | Agriculture Mechanization project                                                           | -         |
| 3         | Kenya         | 15.00     | Development of various small and medium enterprises                                         | -         |
| 4         | Kenya         | 29.95     | Upgrade of Rift Valley Textiles Factory (RIVATEX East Africa Ltd)                           | -         |
| 5         | Malawi        | 23.50     | Construction of a new water supply system from Likhubula river in Mulanje to Blantyre       | -         |
| 6         | Mauritius     | 52.30     | Project Trident                                                                             | -         |
| 7         | Sierra Leone  | 78.00     | Transmission Line and Substation in Sierra Leone                                            | -         |
| 8         | Tanzania      | 92.18     | Rehabilitation and improvement of water supply system in Zanzibar                           | -         |
| 9         | Zambia        | 40.00     | Agricultural Mechanisation                                                                  | -         |
| 10        | Zimbabwe      | 87.00     | Renovation/Up- gradation of Bulawayo Thermal Power Plant                                    | -         |
| 2016-17   | 2016-17       | 2016-17   | 2016-17                                                                                     | 2016-17   |
| 1         | Cote d'Ivoire | 71.40     | Upgradation of Military Hospitals                                                           | -         |
| 2         | Madagascar    | 2.50      | Completion of unfinished fertilizer plant project                                           | -         |
| 3         | Sudan         | 19.61     | Capitalization of Interest under operative LOCs for change in terms of the existing LOCs    | 19.61     |
| 4         | Tanzania      | 500.00    | Water Supply scheme in 17 towns in Tanzania                                                 | -         |
| 2017-18   | 2017-18       | 2017-18   | 2017-18                                                                                     | 2017-18   |
| 1         | Guyana        | 17.50     | Up-gradation of three Primary Health Centres in Guyana                                      | -         |
| 2         | Rwanda        | 81.00     | Establishment of 10 Vocational Training Centres and 4 business incubation centres in Rwanda | -         |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## Country-wise programme-wise development aid programmes in African countries

|   Sl. No. | Country      | Brief Description                                                                                                | Amount                                                                                       | Status      |
|-----------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|         1 | Algeria      | CGARD project in Algeria                                                                                         | Rs.12 cr                                                                                     | In pipeline |
|         2 | Benin        | Feasibility Study for setting up a CyberCity                                                                     | US$ 0.044 mn                                                                                 | Completed   |
|         3 | Botswana     | India-Africa Diamond Institute                                                                                   | Rs. 19 cr                                                                                    | In Pipeline |
|         3 | Botswana     | Supply of Computers, Printers, UPS                                                                               | Rs.2.47 cr                                                                                   | Completed   |
|         3 | Botswana     | Supply of Medical Entomology Lab Equipment                                                                       | Rs.021 cr                                                                                    | Completed   |
|         4 | Burkina Faso | VTC/IC Center                                                                                                    | Rs.2.76 cr                                                                                   | Completed   |
|         4 | Burkina Faso | Establishment of a Barefoot College                                                                              | Rs.2.5 cr                                                                                    | Ongoing     |
|         5 | Burundi      | Financial assistance to Permanent Mission of Burundi in New York                                                 | US$ 0.1 mn                                                                                   | completed   |
|         5 | Burundi      | Financial assistance to Permanent Mission of Burundi in New York                                                 | US$ 0.1 mn                                                                                   | completed   |
|         5 | Burundi      | Financial assistance to Permanent Mission of Burundi in New York                                                 | US$ 0.1 mn                                                                                   | completed   |
|         5 | Burundi      | Farm Science Centre                                                                                              |                                                                                              | Ongoing     |
|         5 | Burundi      | VTC                                                                                                              | Rs. 2.76 cr                                                                                  | completed   |
|         5 | Burundi      | Establishment of India-Africa Educational Planning and Administration (IAEPA)                                    | Rs.120 cr                                                                                    | Ongoing     |
|         6 | Comoros      | Establishment of Vocational Training Centre                                                                      | Euros 21,90,293                                                                              | Ongoing     |
|         7 | Djibouti     | Proposal to establish a Solar Charging Station in Djibouti                                                       | Rs.2 cr                                                                                      | In Pipeline |
|         7 | Djibouti     | Establishment of Centre for English Language Training (CELT) at Djibouti                                         | Rs.4 cr                                                                                      | In Pipeline |
|         7 | Djibouti     | SME Incubation Centre in Djibouti-LoC funded project.                                                            | US$ 5 mn                                                                                     | In Pipeline |
|         8 | Egypt        | Solar Electrification of Remote Village of Agaawen, Matrouh Governorate.                                         | Rs. 0.24 cr                                                                                  | Ongoing     |
|         8 | Egypt        | Upgradation of a Vocational Training Centre at Shoubra El Kheima, Cairo, Egypt                                   | Rs. 5 cr                                                                                     | Ongoing     |
|         8 | Egypt        | Pan Africa E Network Project                                                                                     | Budgeted cost of Rs. 542.90 cr which covers the cost of the project in 53 African Countries. | Ongoing     |
|         8 | Egypt        | Establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology ( CEIT) at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt | Rs.4 cr                                                                                      | Ongoing     |
|         9 | Ethiopia     | 64 Slice CT Scan Machine Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia                                              | Rs.7 cr                                                                                      | Completed   |
|         9 | Ethiopia     | Establishment of India-Africa Integrated Textile Cluster-Eastern Region in Ethiopia                              | -                                                                                            | In Pipeline |
|         9 | Ethiopia     | Establishment of a Farm Science Centre in                                                                        | -                                                                                            | In Pipeline |

|     |                                          | Ethiopia                                                                                                                                         |                     |                         |
|-----|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|     |                                          | Establishment of Information Communications Technology Centre in Ethiopia under bilateral category Vocational Training Centre (Barefoot college) | - -                 | In Pipeline In Pipeline |
| 10. | Ghana                                    | Extension of support to India-Ghana Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT                                                                      | US$1 mn             | Ongoing                 |
| 10. | Ghana                                    | Pilot Research Project                                                                                                                           | US$ 2.088 mn        | Ongoing                 |
| 10. | Ghana                                    | Tomato Pan African E-Network Project                                                                                                             |                     | Ongoing                 |
| 11. | Ivory Coast RTP Project in Cote d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast RTP Project in Cote d'Ivoire                                                                                                         | Rs.12 cr            | In pipeline             |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Grant of 30 field ambulances to Kenya Defence Forces                                                                                             | Rs. 11.78 cr        | Completed               |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Renovation of the Mahatma Gandhi Graduate Library at the University of Nairobi.                                                                  | US$ 1 mn            | Completed               |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Gifting of a tele-cobalt cancer therapy machine - the Bhabhatron II                                                                              | Rs. 7.5 cr          | Completed               |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Donation of essential/ARV medicines                                                                                                              | US$ 2 mn            | Ongoing                 |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Donation of medical equipments                                                                                                                   | US$ 1 mn            | Ongoing                 |
| 12. | Kenya                                    | Energy programmes                                                                                                                                |                     | In Pipeline             |
| 13. | Liberia                                  | 100 KWsolar based mini-grid Supply of 15 buses                                                                                                   | US$ 1 mn Rs.4.57 cr | In Pipeline Completed   |
| 13. | Liberia                                  | Supply of CT Scan machine                                                                                                                        | Rs.9 cr             | Ongoing                 |
| 13. | Liberia                                  | Setting up of Barefoot Vocational Training Centre                                                                                                | -                   | Ongoing                 |
| 14. | Madagascar                               | Setting up of Centre on Geo Informatics Application in Rural Development (CGARD)                                                                 | Rs.8 cr             | Ongoing                 |
| 14. | Madagascar                               | Solar Vocational Training Centre                                                                                                                 | -                   | In Pipeline             |
| 15. | Malawi                                   | Supply of 34 tractors.                                                                                                                           | Rs.4.53 cr          | Completed               |
| 15. | Malawi                                   | Supply of medicines                                                                                                                              | US$ 2 mn            | Pipeline                |
| 15. | Malawi                                   | Supply of Medical equipments (Mammography Machines) (under US$ 1.5 mn)                                                                           | Rs.6 cr             | Completed               |
| 15. | Malawi                                   | Education/Science and technology equipment and other items for Education Sector for Malawi - Supply of Printing Press                            | Rs.7 cr             | In Pipeline             |
| 15. | Malawi                                   | RTP Project                                                                                                                                      | Rs.12 cr            | In Pipeline             |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | 2 renovated Chetak Helicopters                                                                                                                   | -                   | Completed               |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | Ramayana Centre                                                                                                                                  | Rs.1.6 Cr.          | Completed               |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | World Hindi Secretariat building                                                                                                                 | Rs. 31 cr           | ongoing ongoing         |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | New Supreme Court Building Education tablets                                                                                                     | Rs.198 cr Rs.92 cr  | ongoing                 |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | Social Housing for Poor                                                                                                                          | Rs.132 cr           | ongoing                 |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | New ENT Hospital                                                                                                                                 | Rs.92 cr            | ongoing                 |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | Project Trident (Headquarters of National Coast Guard)                                                                                           | Rs.372 cr           | ongoing                 |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | Infrastructure development at outer islands                                                                                                      | -                   | ongoing                 |
| 16. | Mauritius                                | Civil Services College                                                                                                                           | US$ 4.74 mn         | ongoing                 |
| 17. | Morocco                                  | Setting up of a Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) in Casablanca, Morocco                                                    | -                   | In Pipeline             |

|   18. |            | MozambiqueDonation of four buses to the Maluana S&T Technology Park, Mozambique                                          | US$ 1,22,000   | Completed   |
|-------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-------------|
|    18 |            | Grant for purchase of wheat for drought relief in Mozambique                                                             | US$ 10 mn      | Completed   |
|    18 |            | Grant for procurement of 40 units of Transport Vehicles and 6 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) (Mine Protected Vehicles) | US$ 25,23,200  | Completed   |
|    18 |            | Donation of 'Made in India' medical equipment to Mozambique                                                              | US$ 1 mn       | Ongoing     |
|    18 |            | Grant of 100 tons of essential medicines to Mozambique                                                                   | US$ 2 mn       | In Pipeline |
|    19 | Namibia    | Grant in aid for establishing a faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Namibia(UNAM)'s North Campus          | US $ 12.3 mn   | Completed   |
|    19 | Namibia    | Grant in aid for health sector                                                                                           | US $ 5 mn      | Completed   |
|    19 | Namibia    | Supply of IT equipment                                                                                                   | Rs. 11.81 cr   | Completed   |
|    19 | Namibia    | Centre of Excellence in ICT                                                                                              | Rs. 4 Cr       | Ongoing     |
|    19 | Namibia    | Supply of drought assistance of 1000 tons of rice                                                                        | -              | Ongoing     |
|    19 | Namibia    | Supply of 100 tons of medicine                                                                                           | US$ 2 mn       | Ongoing     |
|    19 | Namibia    | E-learning centre under Pan-Africa E-Network                                                                             |                | Completed   |
|    19 | Namibia    | Setting up an Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) in Windhoek                                                      | Rs.4.82 cr     | In Pipeline |
|    20 | Niger      | Centre for Geo-Informatics Applications for Rural Development in Niger                                                   | Rs.17.7 cr     | In Pipeline |
|    21 | Rwanda     | Supply of Solar photo voltaic equipment to 35 schools.                                                                   | Rs.2.6 cr      | completed   |
|    21 | Rwanda     | Vocational Training Centre                                                                                               |                | completed   |
|    21 | Rwanda     | Food Testing Laboratory (FTL)                                                                                            | Rs.11 cr       | Ongoing     |
|    21 | Rwanda     | EDI                                                                                                                      |                | Ongoing     |
|    21 | Rwanda     | Agriculture seed cum demonstration centre                                                                                | Rs. 6.515 cr   | Ongoing     |
|    21 | Rwanda     | donation of medicines                                                                                                    | US$ 2 mn       | Ongoing     |
|    21 | Rwanda     | donation of medical equipments                                                                                           | US$ 1 mn       | Ongoing     |
|    22 | Senegal    | Assistance for Dakar Peace and Security Forum                                                                            | Euro 50,000    | Completed   |
|    22 | Senegal    | Assistance to National Orthopaedic Centre for Artificial Limbs (CNAO)                                                    | Euro 50,000    | Completed   |
|    22 | Senegal    | Supply of Buses to Public Transport Utility                                                                              | US $ 69.75 mn  | Completed   |
|    22 | Senegal    | Upgradation, modernization and expansion of Entrepreneurial Training and Development Centre (ETDC)                       | US $ 3.425 mn  | In Pipeline |
|    23 | Seychelles | IT Centre for excellence                                                                                                 | US$ 1.68 mn    | completed   |
|    23 | Seychelles | Gfting of Dornier-228 maritime aricraft                                                                                  | US$ 29 mn      | completed   |
|    23 | Seychelles | Gifting of 2 TATAlight specialist Military vehicles                                                                      | Rs. 63 lakhs   | completed   |
|    23 | Seychelles | Refit of Patrol Ship Topaz                                                                                               | US$ 8 mn       | completed   |
|    23 | Seychelles | Coastal Surveillance Radar System (CSRS)                                                                                 | US$            | completed   |

|     |              |                                                                                                                   | 14.5 mn          |                       |
|-----|--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
|     |              | Gifting of 2nd dornier 228 maritime aircraft                                                                      | US$ 30 mn        | Expected in 2018      |
|     |              | Gifting of fast interceptor Patrol boat PB Hermes                                                                 | Rs. 28 cr        | completed             |
|     |              | Development of facilities on Assumption Island                                                                    | -                | Expected in 2019      |
|     |              | Supply of TATABuses                                                                                               | US$ 1.68 mn      | completed             |
|     |              | Supply of medicines, medical equipments                                                                           | US$ 8.76 mn      | Completed             |
|     |              | Supply of medicines through DGAFMS                                                                                | Rs.2.94 cr       | Completed             |
|     |              | Supply of Hospital Equipments to Victoria Hospital Seychelles                                                     | Rs.0.89 cr       | Completed             |
|     |              | Supply of uniform, vehicles to Seychelles Police                                                                  | US$ 0.7 mn       | completed             |
|     |              | Supply of Stationery equipment for educational institutions                                                       | US$ 0.363 mn     | completed             |
|     |              | Supply of ICT equipment for educational institutions                                                              | US$ 0.474 mn     | completed             |
|     |              | Supply of medical equipments and Supply& installation of solar home system to Seychelles under Grant of US$ 25 mn | Rs.5.48 cr       | Ongoing               |
|     |              | Supply of Equipments for Crime Laboratory, Drug Analysis and Toxicology for Police                                | US$ 1.19         | Pending with GOS      |
|     |              | Inspection and other modification of the Dornier 228 Aircraft                                                     | US$ 0.353 mn     | Expected in July 2017 |
|     |              | Supply of 10 vehicles to SPDF                                                                                     | US$ 0.183 mn     | Expected in July 2017 |
| 24. | Somalia      | Donation of medical equipments                                                                                    | US$ 1 mn         | Ongoing               |
| 24. | Somalia      | Supply of 27 mini buses to Somalia                                                                                | Rs. 6.50         | Ongoing               |
| 24. | Somalia      | Supply of 2 tonnes Sugar to Somalia                                                                               | -                | Ongoing               |
| 25. | South Africa | Ramakrishna Abalindi Home- Inanda                                                                                 | Rs. 0.56 Cr      | Completed             |
| 25. | South Africa | Mahatma Gandhi Centre for IT-, Phoenix                                                                            | Rs 0.52 Cr       | Completed             |
| 25. | South Africa | Ahmed Kathrada Foundation                                                                                         | Rand 2 mn        | Completed             |
| 25. | South Africa | Nelson Mandela Foundation                                                                                         | Rand 2 mn        | Completed             |
| 25. | South Africa | Mahatama Gandhi Museum- PMB Railway station                                                                       | 0.12 Cr          | Completed             |
| 26. | South Sudan  | India-Africa Barefoot VocationaTraining Centre (BVTC) in Yei, South Sudan.                                        | US$ 500,000      | Ongoing               |
| 26. | South Sudan  | India-South Sudan Friendship Hospital                                                                             | US$ 5 mn         | In Pipeline           |
| 26. | South Sudan  | Aproject to establish a Rural Technology Park (RTP) in South Sudan.                                               | -                | In Pipeline           |
| 26. | South Sudan  | Agricultural Seed Production-cum- Demonstration Centre                                                            | Rs. 6.515 cr     | In Pipeline           |
| 26. | South Sudan  | Setting up of a Vocational Training Centre (VTC) at Wau town (South Sudan).                                       | Rs.2.76 cr       | In Pipeline           |
| 27. | Tanzania     | India-Tanzania Centre for Excellence in ICT at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science& Technology, Arusha    | US$ 1.3 mn       | Completed             |
| 27. | Tanzania     | Bhabhatron-II cancer therapy machine at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza                                            | About US$ 1.2 mn | Completed             |

|     |          | Grant for Kagera earthquake relief                                                                                                                                 | US$ 250,000                                  | Completed   |
|-----|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------|
|     |          | Feasibility study by Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) for establishment of a tractor assembly plant and farm equipment manufacturing unit. | US $ 3,00,000                                | Completed   |
|     |          | Grant for medical equipment                                                                                                                                        | US$1 mn                                      | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Supply of medicine and 10 ambulances                                                                                                                               | -                                            | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Establishment of a VTC in Pemba, Zanzibar                                                                                                                          | Rs.2.76 cr                                   |             |
|     |          | Soil, water &tissue testing laboratory.                                                                                                                            | Rs.3.89 cr                                   | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Establishment of an incubation centre at the SIDO                                                                                                                  | US$2 mn                                      | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Upgradation of Centre for Excellence in ICT                                                                                                                        | US$ 1.8 mn                                   | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Supply of books to Tanzanian schools                                                                                                                               | -                                            | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Rural Technology Park                                                                                                                                              | -                                            | In Pipeline |
| 28. | Tunisia  | Soil, Water, Tissue testing lab                                                                                                                                    | Rs.3.89 cr                                   | In Pipeline |
| 29. | Uganda   | India Africa Institute of Foreign Trade (IAIFT)                                                                                                                    | Rs.60 cr                                     | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Food Processing Business Incubation Centre (FPBIC)                                                                                                                 | Rs.10 cr                                     | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Material Testing Laboratories (MTL) for Highways                                                                                                                   | Rs.1.5 cr                                    | Ongoing     |
|     |          | donation of medicines                                                                                                                                              | US$ 2 mn                                     | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Donation of medical equipments                                                                                                                                     | US$ 1 mn                                     | Ongoing     |
| 30. | Zambia   | Pan-Africa E-Network Project                                                                                                                                       | US$ 100mn [Total project cost across Africa] | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Construction of modern integrated Highway markets [Mulupusho Market at Jon Chinena - Chibombo District, Central Province of Zambia.]                               | US$ 5 mn                                     | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Construction of 1 st Level referral hospital in Zambia                                                                                                             | US$ 5 mn                                     | In Pipeline |
| 31. | Zimbabwe | Establishment of Vocational Training Centre                                                                                                                        | Euros 21,90,293                              | Completed   |
|     |          | Vocational Training Centre (VTC)                                                                                                                                   | US $ 1 mn                                    | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Food Testing Laboratory (FTL)                                                                                                                                      | Rs.11 cr                                     | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Rural Technology Park (RTP)                                                                                                                                        | Rs. 12.15 cr                                 | Ongoing     |
|     |          | Upgradation of Indo-Zimbabwe Technology Centre (IZTC)                                                                                                              | US $ 2.97 mn                                 | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Incubation centre to manufacture equipment for small scale miners                                                                                                  | US $ 1 mn                                    | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Setting up a centre for Advanced computing Technologies at HIT                                                                                                     | US $ 2 mn                                    | In Pipeline |
|     |          | Primary Health Care Clinics                                                                                                                                        | US $ 7.17 mn                                 | In Pipeline |

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## Training Programmes for Africa

## Scholarships/Fellowships Programmes in India

|    |                                                            |    | Scholarships/Fellowships                                                                             |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. | General Training Programmes                                |  1 | ITEC : (i) Civilian Training Programmes (ii) Multilateral Agencies (iii) Defence Training Programmes |
|    |                                                            |  2 | Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships                                             |
| 2. | Training Programmes under IAFS-III exclusively for African |  1 | Special Agriculture Scholarships                                                                     |
|    |                                                            |  2 | C.V. Raman Fellowships (148 already selected)                                                        |
|    | candidates                                                 |  3 | India-Africa Virtual University                                                                      |
|    |                                                            |  4 | Agriculture Training through DARE                                                                    |
|    |                                                            |  5 | Food Processing Training through M/oFPI                                                              |
|    |                                                            |  6 | Renewable Energy Training through MNRE                                                               |
|    |                                                            |  7 | Road Transport Training through M/o Road Transport and Highways                                      |
|    |                                                            |  8 | IT Training through CDAC                                                                             |
|    |                                                            |  9 | Water Resource Management Training byWAPCOS                                                          |
|    |                                                            | 10 | Hydrocarbon Sector Training through M/o P&NG                                                         |
|    |                                                            | 11 | Machine Technology Training through HMT                                                              |
|    |                                                            | 12 | Traditional Medicine Training throughAYUSH                                                           |
|    |                                                            | 13 | Fellowships for African nationals inAYUSH System                                                     |
|    |                                                            | 14 | Marine Science Training through M/o Shipping                                                         |
|    |                                                            | 15 | Nuclear Medicine (Oncology) Training through DAE                                                     |
|    |                                                            | 16 | Plant Tissue Culture Training through DBT/M/o S&T                                                    |
|    |                                                            | 17 | Business Chambers/Industry Association Training through CII/DIPP                                     |

3. Training Programmes for Diplomats (FSI)
4. Special/Customised/Country-Specific Training Programmes
5.           Training Programmes in cooperation with other countries
6.          Deputation of Experts

## Training Programmes to be conducted in Africa

|   Sl. No. | Training Programmes                                  | Training Programmes   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Cotton Technical Assistance Programme (TAP):         | Deptt. of Commerce    |
|         2 | Food Security Training Programmes through ICAR/DARE: | ICAR/DARE             |
|         3 | New and Renewable Energy Training through MNRE:      | MNRE                  |
|         4 | Indian Traditional Medicine Training throughAYUSH:   | AYUSH                 |
|         5 | Trade-related Training through IIFT:                 | IIFT                  |
|         6 | Businesspersons Training Programme through FICCI:    | FICCI                 |
|         7 | Project Arrow through Deptt. of Post:                | Department of Post    |

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## List of African countries for which e-Visa Facility is available

1. Angola
2. Botswana,
3. Burundi,
4. Comoros,
5. Cote d'lvoire,
6. Djibouti,
7. Eritrea,
8. Gabon,
9. Gambia,
10. Ghana,
11. Kenya,
12. Lesotho,
13. Liberia,
14. Madagascar,
15. Malawi,
16. Mali,
17. Mauritius,
18. Mozambique,
19. Namibia,
20. Niger Republic,
21. Rwanda,
22. Senegal,
23. Seychelles,
24. South Africa,
25. Swaziland,
26. Tanzania,
27. Uganda,
28. Zambia
29. Zimbabwe

## List of African countries eligible for Gratis Business and Employment visas

1. Angola
2. Benin
3. Burkina Faso
4. Burundi
5. Cambodia
6. Central African Republic
7. Chad
8. Comoros
9. Dem. Rep. Of the Congo
10. Djibouti
11. Equatorial Guinea*
12. Eritrea
13. Ethiopia
14. Gambia

15.

Guinea

16. Guinea-Bissau
17. Lesotho
18. Madagascar
19. Malawi
20. Mali
21. Mauritania
22. Mozambique
23. Niger
24. Rwanda
25. Sao Tome and Principe
26. Senegal
27. Sierra Leone
28. Somalia
29. South Sudan
30. Sudan
31. Timor-Leste
32. Togo
33. Tuvalu
34. Uganda
35. United Republic of Tanzania
36. Zambia

(* Equatorial  Guinea  will  graduate  three  and  half  years  after  the  adoption  of  the resolution of the General Assembly 68/L.20 adopted on December 4, 2013)

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