Lok Sabha Question No. 1559 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-10
Subject: Covid Assistance to Neighbouring Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1559 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2021

## COVID ASSISTANCE TO NEIGBHOURING COUNTRIES

## 1559. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assisted neighbouring countries and other countries around the world during COVID-19 pandemic with health care and other materials, information and knowledge and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of monetary value of assistance provided to foreign countries related to COVID-19 pandemic;
- (c) whether the country has received assistance from foreign countries in relation to COVID-19 pandemic; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) India provided assistance in the form of medicines and medical equipment   to   over   150   countries,   including   grants-in-aid   valued   at   around Rupees 80 crore to 82 countries. A list of these countries is attached at Annex I . In addition, India sent Rapid Response Medical teams to help some countries in their  fight   against   the   pandemic.   Recently,   India   supplied   Covid   vaccines   to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Bahrain and Oman.

(c) & (d) India  received assistance from a few countries including Japan, USA, France, Germany and Israel in the form of medical equipment and grants-inaid.

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|   S.No. | Country           |
|---------|-------------------|
|       1 | China             |
|       2 | Israel            |
|       3 | Iran              |
|       4 | Italy             |
|       5 | Bhutan            |
|       6 | Afghanistan       |
|       7 | Nepal             |
|       8 | Bangladesh        |
|       9 | Sri Lanka         |
|      10 | Maldives          |
|      11 | Mauritius         |
|      12 | Seychelles        |
|      13 | Comoros           |
|      14 | Madagascar        |
|      15 | Myanmar           |
|      16 | Kuwait            |
|      17 | Armenia           |
|      18 | Ukraine           |
|      19 | Kazakhstan        |
|      20 | Egypt             |
|      21 | Tajikistan        |
|      22 | Uganda            |
|      23 | Niger             |
|      24 | Mali              |
|      25 | Zambia            |
|      26 | Burkina Faso      |
|      27 | Congo             |
|      28 | Equatorial Guinea |
|      29 | Zimbabwe          |
|      30 | Eswatini          |
|      31 | Senegal           |
|      32 | Chad              |
|      33 | DR Congo          |
|      34 | Syria             |

|   35. | Palestine          |
|-------|--------------------|
|    36 | Lao PDR            |
|    37 | Guinea Bissau      |
|    38 | Cabo Verde         |
|    39 | Nigeria            |
|    40 | Liberia            |
|    41 | Benin              |
|    42 | Mozambique         |
|    43 | Ethiopia           |
|    44 | Malawi             |
|    45 | Namibia            |
|    46 | Guinea             |
|    47 | Gambia             |
|    48 | Kenya              |
|    49 | Moldova            |
|    50 | Kyrgyzstan         |
|    51 | Sierra Leone       |
|    52 | Antigua & Barbuda  |
|    53 | Bahamas            |
|    54 | Barbados           |
|    55 | Belize             |
|    56 | Bolivia            |
|    57 | Costa Rica         |
|    58 | Cuba               |
|    59 | CW of Dominica     |
|    60 | Dominican Republic |
|    61 | Ecuador            |
|    62 | El Salvador        |
|    63 | Grenada            |
|    64 | Guatemala          |
|    65 | Guyana             |
|    66 | Haiti              |
|    67 | Honduras           |
|    68 | Jamaica            |
|    69 | Nicaragua          |
|    70 | Panama             |
|    71 | Paraguay           |

|   72. | Peru                |
|-------|---------------------|
|    73 | St. Kitts           |
|    74 | St. Lucia           |
|    75 | St Vincent          |
|    76 | Suriname            |
|    77 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|    78 | Venezuela           |
|    79 | Lebanon             |
|    80 | Uzbekistan          |
|    81 | Djibouti            |
|    82 | Marshall Islands    |

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