Lok Sabha Question No. 142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: DPA in Foreign Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI, NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.142

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## DPA IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

142. SHRI KESINENI NANI: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of projects undertaken by the Development Partnership  Administration  in  foreign  countries  in  the  past three years;
- (b) the status of the development projects and the funds allocated to each project;
- (c)
- the efficiency of fund utilisation by the department;
- (d) the priority areas for this development; and
- (e) the  details  of  percent  of  development  aid  given  to  other countries?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) to (c) & (e) The  list  of  the  projects  (ongoing  and  completed) undertaken  by  Development  Partnership  Administration  (DPA)  in foreign  countries  for  the  past  3  years  along  with  the  expenditure incurred on each  project is given in the  attached  statement (Annexure). The funds made available for these projects have been utilised  to  the  extent  possible,  keeping  in  mind  local  conditions  in foreign countries.
- (d) The  areas  of  development  partnership  are  driven  by  the priorities  of  the  partner  country.  The  main  areas  of  development partnership  undertaken  with  partner  countries  have  been  in  the sectors of infrastructure, connectivity, power, healthcare, agriculture, Information Technology and capacity building.

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Annexure List of projects undertaken by Development Partnership Administration during the last 3 years

(Rs. In Crore)

|   S. No. | Country     | Name of the project/scheme                                                                                                                                                | Status    |   Expenditure 2013-14 |   Expenditure 2014-15 |   Expenditure 2015-16 |
|----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | Afghansitan | Construction of 220 kV Transmission Line from Pul-e-Khumri to Kabul including 220/110 kV sub-stations at Kabul and two additional sub stations at Doshi and Charikar.     | Completed |                 29    |                 45.59 |                 36.19 |
|        2 | Afghansitan | Reconstruction and completion of Salma Dam Power Project (42 MW) in Herat Province                                                                                        | Completed |                203    |                279.23 |                260.59 |
|        3 | Afghansitan | Supply of Medical equipment to IGICH, Kabul                                                                                                                               | Completed |                  0.21 |                  4.56 |                 12.8  |
|        4 | Afghansitan | ICCR Scholarship Scheme for Afghan students for University education.                                                                                                     | ongoing   |                 29.75 |                 62.7  |                 45.58 |
|        5 | Afghansitan | Construction of Afghanistan's Parliament building                                                                                                                         | Completed |                 91.8  |                246.33 |                325.08 |
|        6 | Afghansitan | Small Development Project (SDP) in Afghansitan                                                                                                                            | ongoing   |                  0.31 |                 11.79 |                 31.68 |
|        7 | Afghansitan | Donation of 1.5 lakh ton of wheat to Afghanistan                                                                                                                          | Completed |                 84.88 |                 74.5  |                107.45 |
|        8 | Afghansitan | Restoration of Stor Palace                                                                                                                                                | ongoing   |                  5.5  |                 12    |                 10.79 |
|        9 | Afghansitan | Donation of 1000 Buses and 500 Tractors                                                                                                                                   | ongoing   |                  0    |                  0    |                  2.8  |
|       10 | Afghansitan | Fellowship programme for Afghan students through Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) for courses in various agricultural universities and institutes in India. | ongoing   |                  2    |                  2    |                  4.65 |
|       11 | Afghansitan | Setting up a Mining Institute                                                                                                                                             | ongoing   |                  2.58 |                  1.96 |                  1.27 |
|       12 | Afghansitan | Setting up an Agriculture University (ANASTU)                                                                                                                             | ongoing   |                  1.85 |                  2.19 |                  2.02 |
|       13 | Afghansitan | Indian Medical Mission in Afghanistan                                                                                                                                     | Completed |                  0.12 |                  0    |                  0    |
|       14 | Myanmar     | Setting up of Language Laboratories in Myanmar                                                                                                                            | Completed |                  1.32 |                  0.8  |                  0    |
|       15 | Myanmar     | Upgradation of India Myanmar Centre for Enhancement of IT Skills, Myanmar                                                                                                 | Completed |                  0.01 |                  1.2  |                  0    |
|       16 | Myanmar     | Establishment of Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT)                                                                                                       | ongoing   |                  0.35 |                  1    |                  2.85 |
|       17 | Myanmar     | Setting up of Rice Bio-Park in Myanmar                                                                                                                                    | ongoing   |                  0.02 |                  3.11 |                  0    |
|       18 | Myanmar     | Setting up of Agricultural Research and Educational Centre (ACARE) in Myanmar                                                                                             | ongoing   |                  0.05 |                  0.05 |                  3.28 |
|       19 | Myanmar     | Upgradation of Yangon Children Hospital and Sittwe General Hospital                                                                                                       | ongoing   |                 15    |                  1.2  |                 15.95 |
|       20 | Myanmar     | Supply of 100 computer to Land Record Development                                                                                                                         | Completed |                  0    |                  0.59 |                  0.18 |
|       21 | Myanmar     | Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project                                                                                                                              | ongoing   |                118.75 |                 56    |                 54.44 |
|       22 | Myanmar     | Kalewa-Yagyi Section of the Trilateral Highway                                                                                                                            | ongoing   |                  0    |                  1.33 |                  0.6  |

|   23 | Myanmar   | Rhi-Tiddim Road                                                                                                               | ongoing   |   0.00 |   0.69 |   0.00 |
|------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|
|   24 | Myanmar   | Bridges on the TKK Road                                                                                                       | ongoing   |   0    |   2.75 |   0    |
|   25 | Sri Lanka | Setting up of hospital at Dickoya                                                                                             | Completed |  11.85 |   6.1  |   4.64 |
|   26 | Sri Lanka | Restoration of Thiruketheeswaram Temple in Mannar, Sri Lanka                                                                  | ongoing   |   4.18 |   4    |   0    |
|   27 | Sri Lanka | Jaffna Cultural Centre                                                                                                        | ongoing   |   0    |   2.09 |   0    |
|   28 | Sri Lanka | Setting up Indian Gallery at the International Buddhist Museum in Kandy, Sri Lanka                                            | Completed |   1.07 |   0.11 |   0    |
|   29 | Nepal     | Integrated Check Post                                                                                                         | ongoing   |  13    |  18.12 |  11    |
|   30 | Nepal     | Rail Link at Jogbani-Biratnagar & and (Jayanagar- Bijlapur Bardibas)                                                          | ongoing   |  85.5  |  85.13 |  60    |
|   31 | Nepal     | Terai Road Project (Package-1)                                                                                                | Completed |  16.36 |  19.95 |  37.17 |
|   32 | Nepal     | Construction of Emergency and Trauma Centre, Kathmandu                                                                        | Completed |   9.23 |  10.73 |   7.45 |
|   33 | Nepal     | Establishment of Nepal-Bharat Maitri of Polytechnic at Hetauda                                                                | ongoing   |   0    |   0.15 |   0.3  |
|   34 | Nepal     | Strengthening of Indo-Nepal cross-border Transmission lines                                                                   | ongoing   |   0.14 |   0.14 |   2.56 |
|   35 | Nepal     | Supply of Fire Engines to Nepal                                                                                               | ongoing   |   0.01 |   0    |   1.32 |
|   36 | Nepal     | Construction of Nepal-Bharat Maitri Dharmashala, Tilanga, Kathmandu                                                           | ongoing   |   0.01 |   0    |   0    |
|   37 | Nepal     | Upgradation of 26 KmRoad from Dakshinkali to Kulekhani Dam                                                                    | ongoing   |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   38 | Maldives  | Setting up of Institute for Security &law Enforcement Studies at Addu City in maldives                                        | ongoing   |   0    |   0    |   3.45 |
|   39 | Maldives  | Renovation of Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), Male                                                                    | ongoing   |   4.5  |   7.37 |  20.63 |
|   40 | Maldives  | Construction of Composite Training Centre in Male                                                                             | Completed |   0    |  13.49 |  25    |
|   41 | Maldives  | Construction of Ministry of Defence Building in Male                                                                          | ongoing   |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   42 | Lao PDR   | Conservation of Wat Phou Temple, Lao PDR                                                                                      | Ongoing   |   2    |   2    |   1.05 |
|   43 | Cambodia  | Conservation &Restoration of Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia                                                                      | Completed |   3.5  |   3.57 |   0    |
|   44 | Palestine | India Palestine Centre of Excellence in information and communication technology and digital learning &innovation at Ramallah | Completed |   0    |   0.56 |   3.6  |
|   45 | Armenia   | Setting up of telemedicine network in Armenia                                                                                 | Completed |   0    |   1.24 |   1.6  |
|   46 | Mongolia  | Upgradation and modernization of Rajiv Gandhi School of Production and Arts in Mongolia-Phase-I                               | Completed |   1.5  |   2.28 |   0.19 |
|   47 | Ecuador   | Setting up of IT Centre in Quito                                                                                              | Ongoing   |   0.13 |   0    |   1.33 |
|   48 | Peru      | Setting up of IT Centre in Lima                                                                                               | Ongoing   |   0    |   0.3  |   2.05 |
|   49 | Tanzania  | Setting up of an ICT Resource Centre Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science &Technology, Arusha                          | Ongoing   |   0.03 |   0    |   4.07 |
|   50 | Guatemala | Solar Traffic signalling system in Guatemala                                                                                  | Completed |   0    |   0.19 |   0.44 |
|   51 | Grenada   | Setting up of IT Centre at St. George                                                                                         | Completed |   0.14 |   0    |   0    |

| 52   | Dominican Republic       | Setting up of IT Centre                                                                                                                         | Completed   |           0.70 |           0.00 | 0        |
|------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|----------------|----------------|----------|
| 53   | Maldives                 | Setting up of India-Maldives Friendship Faculty of Hospitality& Tourism Studies at Male                                                         | Completed   |   29.96        |    0           |          |
| 54   | Zimbabwe                 | Development of Small &Medium Enterprises Sector in Zimbabwe                                                                                     | Completed   |    0.19        |    0           | 0        |
| 55   | Panama                   | Setting up of Centre of Excellence in information Technology (CEIT) in Panama City                                                              | Completed   |    0           |    0           | 1.35     |
| 56   | Costa Rica               | Setting up of Centre of Excellence in information Technology (CEIT) in San Jose                                                                 | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 2.92     |
| 57   | Commonwealth of Dominica | Setting up of Centre of Excellence in information Technology (CEIT) in Roseau                                                                   | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 2.71     |
| 58   | Egypt and Morocco        | Setting up of Centre of Excellence in information Technology (CEIT) in Egypt and Morocco                                                        | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0        |
| 59   | Mongolia                 | Upgradation and modernization of Rajiv Gandhi School of Production and Arts in Mongolia-Phase-II                                                | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 7.29     |
| 60   | Palestine                | Supply of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Equipment and Training Services to Vocational Training Centres in Yatta and Hebron | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 4.9      |
| 61   | Vietnam                  | Conservation and Restoration of Cham Monuments at My Son                                                                                        | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.2      |
| 62   | Grenada                  | Construction of the Belle Vue Road Project in St. George                                                                                        | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.39     |
| 63   | Botswana                 | Supply of Computers, Printers and UPS.                                                                                                          | Completed   |    1.1         |    0           | 0.00     |
| 64   | Botswana                 | Supply of Medical Entomolgy lab equipment                                                                                                       | Completed   |    0           |    0.21        | 0.21     |
| 65   | Ethiopia                 | Supply of CT Scan machine                                                                                                                       | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 6.48     |
| 66   | Ghana                    | Pilot Project in agriculture sector in Ghana                                                                                                    | Ongoing     |    0           |    1.24        | 2.84     |
| 67   | Kenya                    | Supply of 30 field ambulances                                                                                                                   | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.01     |
| 68   | Liberia                  | Procurement of Buses.                                                                                                                           | Completed   |    0           |    4.57        | 4.57     |
| 69   | Liberia                  | Supply of Medical equipment                                                                                                                     | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.25     |
| 70   | Malawi                   | Supply of medical equipment.                                                                                                                    | Completed   |    0           |    0           | 0.00     |
| 71   | Malawi                   | Supply of tractors.                                                                                                                             | Completed   |    0           |    3.17        | 4.53     |
| 72   | Malawi                   | Supply of medicines                                                                                                                             | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.62     |
| 73   | Namibia                  | Supply of IT equipment                                                                                                                          | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 6.75     |
| 74   | Rwanda                   | Supply of Solar photo voltaic equipment to 35 schools.                                                                                          | Completed   |    1.81        |    0.52        | 0.26     |
| 75   | Seychelles               | Supply of Hospital Equipment to Victoria Hospital                                                                                               | Completed   |    0.46        |    0           | 0.00     |
| 76   | Sri Lanka                | Sri Lanka Housing Project.                                                                                                                      | Ongoing     |  376.04        |  461.34        | 296.87   |
| 77   | Somalia                  | Supply of Mini Buses                                                                                                                            | Ongoing     |    0           |    0           | 0.01     |
|      |                          | TOTAL (in Crore)                                                                                                                                |             | 1149.91        | 1460.14        | 1449.20  |
|      |                          | GDP at Current Prices (in Crore)                                                                                                                |             |    1.12728e+07 |    1.24882e+07 | 13576086 |
|      |                          | Percentage of Total GDP spent as Development Aid                                                                                                |             |    0.010201    |    0.011692    | 0.010675 |