Lok Sabha Question No. 3523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Financial Assistance for Economic Development
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3523

To be answered on the 16 th  March, 2018 (Phalguna 25, 1939 (Saka) )

## Financial Assistance for Economic Development

## QUESTION

## † 3523.     SHRI ALOK SANJAR :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  many  countries  are  providing  financial  assistance  for  economic development of the country;
- (b) if so, the details of financial assistance provided to the country during each of the last three years and the current year, year-wise and country-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is also providing financial assistance for economic development to other countries; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, year-wise and country-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) & (b):  Yes, Madam.   Details of financial assistance provided by various countries for  economic  development  of  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year, year-wise and country-wise are at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d):  At  the  behest  of  Government  of  India,  the  Export  and  Import  Bank  of India  (Exim  Bank)  extends  Lines  of  Credit/Credit  Assistance  to  other countries  for  economic  development.      Details  of  Lines  of  Credit/Credit Assistance extended to other countries   during each of the last three years and the current year, year-wise and country-wise are at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

## Year-wise and Country-wise details of financial assistance provided to the country during each of the last three years and the current year

| (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)   | (Rs. in crores)             |
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| S. No.            | Name of Country   | 2014- 2015        | 2015- 2016        | 2016-2017         | 2017-2018 (up-to 13-3-2018) |
| 1.                | Germany           | 1,782.99          | 1,783.37          | 9,014.95          | 615.94                      |
| 2.                | France            | 0.00              | 1,444.03          | 957.30            | 0.00                        |
| 3.                | Japan             | 3,405.13          | 17,337.04         | 10,178.68         | 12,205.09                   |
| Total             | Total             | 5,188.12          | 20,564.44         | 20,150.93         | 12,821.03                   |

## Year-wise and Country-wise details of Lines of Credit/Credit Assistance extended by the  Export  and  Import  Bank  of  India  to  other  countries  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year

| S. No.   | Name of Country   | 2014- 2015   | 2015- 2016   | 2016-2017   |   2017-2018 (up-to 13-3-2018) |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
| 1.       | Bangladesh        | 0.00         | 2,000.00     | 6,600.00    |                           0   |
| 2.       | Burkina Faso      | 184.00       | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 3.       | Cote d'Ivoire     | 24.00        | 0.00         | 71.40       |                           0   |
| 4.       | Cuba              | 0.00         | 0.00         | 160.30      |                           0   |
| 5.       | D.R.Congo         | 144.44       | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 6.       | Fiji Islands      | 70.00        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 7.       | Gambia            | 45.00        | 92.00        | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 8.       | Ghana             | 204.54       | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 9.       | Guyana            | 50.00        | 0.00         | 14.00       |                          17.5 |
| 10.      | Kenya             | 0.00         | 144.95       | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 11.      | Lao PDR           | 0.00         | 0.00         | 72.40       |                           0   |
| 12.      | Madagascar        | 0.00         | 0.00         | 2.50        |                           0   |
| 13.      | Malawi            | 0.00         | 23.50        | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 14.      | Maldives          | 40.00        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 15.      | Mauritania        | 65.68        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 16.      | Mauritius         | 700.00       | 52.30        | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 17.      | Mongolia          | 0.00         | 0.00         | 1,000.00    |                           0   |
| 18.      | Myanmar           | 146.20       | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 19.      | Nepal             | 550.00       | 750.00       | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 20.      | Nicaragua         | 57.53        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 21.      | Niger             | 0.00         | 30.00        | 72.00       |                           0   |
| 22.      | Papua New Guinea  | 0.00         | 0.00         | 100.00      |                           0   |
| 23.      | R. Congo          | 55.00        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 24.      | Rwanda            | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00        |                         161   |
| 25.      | Senegal           | 88.95        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                          24.5 |
| 26.      | Seychelles        | 10.00        | 0.00         | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 27.      | Sierra Leone      | 0.00         | 78.00        | 0.00        |                           0   |
| 28.      | Sri Lanka         | 318.00       | 0.00         | 45.27       |                           0   |
| 29.      | Sudan             | 0.00         | 0.00         | 19.61       |                           0   |
| 30.      | Suriname          | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00        |                          31   |
| 31.      | Tanzania          | 268.35       | 92.18        | 500.00      |                           0   |
| 32.      | Vietnam           | 100.00       | 0.00         | 500.00      |                           0   |
| 33.      | West Africa       | 0.00         | 0.00         | 0.00        |                         500   |
| 34.      | Zambia            | 0.00         | 40.00        | 0.00        |                          18   |
| 35.      | Zimbabwe          | 0.00         | 87.00        | 0.00        |                           0   |
|          | Total             | 3,121.69     | 3,389.93     | 9,157.48    |                         752   |