Lok Sabha Question No. 3245 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Foreign Aid
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3245 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2017

## FOREIGN AID

3245. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether India is currently a net donor or recipient of foreign aid and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the  amount  of  aid  India  provided  to  other  countries  of  the world annually in the last ten years;

(c) the country-wise distribution of India's foreign aid provided to various countries in the last five years; and

(d) the country-wise foreign aid to India in the last ten years?

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

(a) India is currently a net donor of foreign aid. In the last three years, India has provided more aid to foreign countries, than it has received.

(b) The  amount  of  aid  India  provided  to  other  countries  of  the world annually in the last ten years is enclosed at Annexure-I.

(c) The country-wise distribution of India's foreign aid provided to various countries in the last five years is enclosed at Annexure-II.

(d) The country-wise foreign aid to India in the last ten years is enclosed at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I

## TOTAL AID PROVIDED BY INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES ANNUALLY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

(Rs. in Crores)

| YEAR    |   AMOUNT |
|---------|----------|
| 2006-07 |  1323.68 |
| 2007-08 |  1481.97 |
| 2008-09 |  2468.92 |
| 2009-10 |  2251.13 |
| 2010-11 |  2705.91 |
| 2011-12 |  3254.22 |
| 2012-13 |  5193.81 |
| 2013-14 |  6427.44 |
| 2014-15 |  6473.29 |
| 2015-16 |  7719.65 |

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ANNEXURE-II

## AID PROVIDED BY INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

(Rs. in Crores)

| AID TO COUNTRIES           |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Bangladesh                 |      8.81 |    281.2  |    604.66 |    197.84 |    155.68 |
| Bhutan                     |   2021.37 |   3410.98 |   3926.78 |   4395.17 |   5368.46 |
| Nepal                      |    191.15 |    292.55 |    381.37 |    303.26 |    309.94 |
| Sri Lanka                  |    181.94 |    248.2  |    420.8  |    499.7  |    403.8  |
| Maldives                   |    285.7  |     16.43 |      9.67 |     26.08 |     55.04 |
| Myanmar                    |     67.4  |    121.88 |    164.86 |    104.34 |    117.07 |
| Other Developing Countries |     25.47 |     30.95 |     61.28 |     54.13 |    103.5  |
| Africa                     |    114.26 |    239.64 |    251.92 |    142.86 |    283.83 |
| Eurasia                    |     29.47 |     32.66 |     14.3  |     11.94 |     19.37 |
| Mongolia                   |      2.02 |      0.75 |      1.5  |      2.28 |      7.49 |
| Latin America              |      0.02 |     27.61 |      4.99 |     12.17 |     15.03 |
| Afghanistan                |    326.61 |    490.96 |    585.31 |    723.52 |    880.44 |

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## ANNEXURE-III

## FOREIGN AID RECEIVED BY INDIA IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

(Rs. In Crores)

| Donor                    |   2007- 2008 |   2008- 2009 |   2009- 2010 |   2010- 2011 |   2011- 2012 |   2012- 2013 |   2013- 2014 |   2014- 2015 |   2015- 2016 |   2016- 2017 |
|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Asian Development Bank   |       157.13 |        87.42 |        81.91 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         2.41 |         0    |         7    |
| European Union           |       131.75 |       239.61 |       315.97 |       268.98 |       208.08 |       104.04 |       622.41 |         0    |       287.64 |        70.44 |
| GEF-UNDP                 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         1.02 |         2.19 |         0.72 |         2.74 |
| Global Fund              |       416.05 |       541.96 |       768.8  |       458.01 |       735.03 |       668.92 |      1728.91 |       695.5  |      1477.72 |       734.8  |
| Germany                  |        62.11 |        62.32 |        36.27 |       106.56 |        45.65 |         7.62 |        16.88 |        23.43 |        29.84 |        23.45 |
| Denmark                  |        -1.97 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| France                   |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |        -0.16 |
| Japan                    |         6.63 |         0    |         2.58 |         1.53 |        43.47 |         0    |         4.37 |         0    |        29.06 |        36.02 |
| Netherlands              |        -1.19 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| Switzerland              |         0    |        -0.53 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| United Kingdom           |      1599.27 |      1710    |      1707.36 |      1682.22 |      1689.42 |      1293.38 |       855.01 |       601.77 |       224.28 |        -0.25 |
| United States of America |        64.12 |        57.19 |        14.16 |        30.55 |        55.1  |        23.61 |        43.42 |         0    |         4.7  |         0    |
| IBRD                     |         8.71 |         5.41 |        11.75 |        24.26 |        27.05 |        38.41 |        69.63 |        85.91 |        66.95 |        51.61 |
| IDA                      |         8.91 |        12.31 |         5.65 |         3.93 |         2.17 |         0.45 |         1.23 |         5.97 |         0    |         0    |
| IDF(WB)                  |         2.02 |         0    |        -0.04 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| IFAD                     |        29.94 |        10.57 |        14.14 |         0.28 |         5.45 |        -0.76 |         3.47 |         0    |         0    |         1.02 |
| UNDP                     |       102.59 |        60.53 |        73.32 |        25.75 |        39.85 |        25.52 |        37.15 |        40.58 |        22.65 |        24.15 |
| UN-FAO                   |         0.04 |         0    |         0    |         0.06 |         0.03 |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |         0    |
| UNFPA                    |        36.19 |         3.15 |        70.51 |        17.87 |        21.01 |        15.8  |         0.65 |         1.41 |         1.21 |         0    |

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