Lok Sabha Question No. 5605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Public Diplomacy Budget of MEA
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 5605

ANSWERED ON- 04/04/2025

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BUDGET OF MEA

5605. SHRI MANISH TEWARI

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state :-

(a) the details of the Public Diplomacy budget of the MEA from 1st June 2014 to 15th March 2025, year-wise;

(b)   whether   the   MEA   funds   Think   Tanks,   Research   Organizations, Foundations   (for-profit/non-profit),   or   Government/quasi-Government bodies from its Public Diplomacy or any other budget head;

(c) if so, the details of funds disbursed to each such entity, including the purpose   and   amount   given   from   during   the   said   period,   year-wise, activity-wise, and organization-wise;

(d)   whether   the   MEA   has   commissioned   any   studies   to   assess   the manner in which such funding has advanced India's strategic, tactical, or diplomatic interests; and

(e)   if   so,   the   details   of   strategic,   tactical   or   diplomatic   outcome/ advantage of each dollop of funding for each activity to each of the organisations delineated above for each activity during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a)   The   Public   Diplomacy   budget   of   the   MEA   is   under   the   External Publicity & Public Diplomacy Division (XPD) of the Ministry. The details of  Public Diplomacy Budget (allocated to XPD Division) of Ministry of External Affairs from 1 st June 2014 to 15 th March 2025, year wise, are attached at Annexure I. XPD Division does not fund think tanks, research organizations,   foundations   (for-profit/non-profit),   or   Government/quasiGovernment bodies per se from its Public Diplomacy budget head.

(b) The Policy Planning and Research (PP&R) Division of the Ministry of External   Affairs   is   responsible   for   engaging   with   think   tanks, universities, research organisations and other academic institutions and supports   events,   studies,   conferences   and   seminars   by   these institutions. Some specific foreign policy outreach initiatives by think tanks   and   other   such   institutions   are   part-funded   from   the   PP&R Division's 'Expenditure on Holding Seminars and Studies' budget head. The details of funding provided to various institutions for foreign policy

outreach initiatives and research studies since 2014-15 to 2024-25 are attached at Annexure II. (c) to (e) The Ministry participates in and supports major foreign policy outreach initiatives/dialogues including Raisina Dialogue, Indian Ocean Conference, Global Technology Summit, Asia Economic Dialogue and India-US Forum. These initiatives have grown in stature and profile to become some of the leading global dialogues on international affairs. Further, to take the discourse on foreign policy issues to strategic community outside Delhi more frequently, PP&R Division has started supporting an increasing number of dialogues to other major cities in India, other than Delhi. The outcomes of all such foreign policy outreach initiatives as well as research studies are regularly incorporated into policy making within the Ministry.

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## Annexure I

Details of   Public   Diplomacy  Budget (allocated to XPD Division) of Ministry of External Affairs from 1 st June 2014 to 15 th March 2025, year wise:

|   S.No | Financial Year   |   Budget allocated (Re- vised Estimates) (in crore Rs) |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2014-15          |                                                  21.6  |
|      2 | 2015-16          |                                                  20.29 |
|      3 | 2016-17          |                                                  20.08 |
|      4 | 2017-18          |                                                  20.55 |
|      5 | 2018-19          |                                                  15.65 |
|      6 | 2019-20          |                                                  18.71 |
|      7 | 2020-21          |                                                  16.41 |
|      8 | 2021-22          |                                                  12.9  |
|      9 | 2022-23          |                                                  10.54 |
|     10 | 2023-24          |                                                  11.56 |
|     11 | 2024-25          |                                                  15.08 |

## Financial Year 2014-15

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                                     | Financial As- sistance pro- vided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                                                    |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis | 12,95,124                                 | Research Project                                                                           |
|         2 | Centre for Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir     | 9,00,000                                  | Seminar on Literary Legacy of Indo-Central Asian, Indo- Afghanistan and Indo- Iran Regions |
|         3 | University of Kerala                                        | 7,75,000                                  | Seminar on India's For- eign Policy                                                        |
|         4 | Pondicherry University                                      | 6,00,000                                  | Seminar on India's Neighbourhood First Policy                                              |
|         5 | Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies            | 4,02,000                                  | Seminar on Synergy Building in India-US Re- lations                                        |

## Financial Year 2015-16

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                      | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                 |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         1 | Institute of Social and Cultural Studies     | 35,00,000                             | Conference on India and Indian Ocean    |
|         2 | Defence Research Devel- opment Establishment | 3,08,000                              | National Workshop on Bio Safety         |
|         3 | Observer Research Foun- dation               | 3,02,000                              | India-France Policy Plan- ning Dialogue |

## Annexure-II

|   4 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                              | 13,95,250   | Trilateral Commission                                                             |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Kolkata University                                               | 60,00,000   | Institute of Foreign Pol- icy Studies                                             |
|   6 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Studies and Analysis    | 13,09,000   | West Asia Conference India-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Dialogue Research project |
|   7 | ICRIER                                                           | 12,78,750   | India-Japan Track 1.5 Conference                                                  |
|   8 | Vidya Prasarak Mandal's Centre for International Studies (Regd.) | 4,50,000    | Seminar on Nuclear En- ergy, Non-proliferation                                    |

## Financial Year 2016-17

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                                       | Financial Assis- tance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                              |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Institute of Chinese Studies                                  | 1,34,00,000                             | Research project                                     |
|         2 | Observer Research Foundation                                  | 80,00,000                               | Raisina Dialogue 2017                                |
|         3 | India Foundation                                              | 80,00,000                               | Indian Ocean Confer- ence 2016                       |
|         4 | Gateway House: Indian Council of Global Rela- tions           | 75,77,146                               | T20 Conference 2016 and Geo economic Di- alogue 2017 |
|         5 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                           | 68,88,072                               | India US Forum 2017 and Trilateral Com- mission      |
|         6 | Kolkata University                                            | 40,00,000                               | Institute of Foreign Policy Studies                  |
|         7 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Studies and Analysis | 27,59,694                               | Research project                                     |
|         8 | Antarrashtriya Sahayog                                        | 21,11,000                               |                                                      |

|    | Parishad                                                         |           |                                                                                       |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  9 | Delhi Policy Group                                               | 20,92,513 | India-Japan Indo Pa- cific Forum 2017                                                 |
| 10 | Centre for China Analy- sis and Strategy                         | 36,40,000 | Research project                                                                      |
| 11 | ICRIER                                                           | 10,00,000 | Grant-in-Aid                                                                          |
| 12 | National Maritime Foun- dation                                   | 8,91,265  | IORA meeting of ex- perts                                                             |
| 13 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                                 | 6,00,000  | Research project                                                                      |
| 14 | Vidya Prasarak Mandal's Centre for International Studies (Regd.) | 8,51,362  | Seminar on Act East Policy and Seminar on Nuclear Energy                              |
| 15 | National Institute of Ad- vance Studies                          | 2,29,341  | Space in India Foreign Policy Task Force                                              |
| 16 | Association of Indian Diplomats                                  | 6,98,746  | For publishing 'Indian Foreign Affairs' Jour- nal and Track 1.5 out- reach activities |

## Financial Year 2017-18

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                                 |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Observer Research Founda- tion         | 99,63,427                             | Raisina Dialogue 2018                                                   |
|         2 | Ananta Aspen Centre                    | 29,55,412                             | Trilateral Commission and India Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue 2017 |
|         3 | Centre for China Analysis and Strategy | 36,40,000                             | Research project                                                        |

|   4 | Gateway House: Indian Coun- cil of Global Relations   | 23,05,182   | Geo Economic Dia- logue 2018                                                      |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   5 | Kolkata University                                    | 17,47,178   | Institute of Foreign Policy Studies                                               |
|   6 | Symbiosis International Uni- versity                  | 10,00,000   | International Relations Conference                                                |
|   7 | Jadavpur Association of In- ternational Relations     | 6,50,000    | India-China Think Tank Forum                                                      |
|   8 | Association of Indian Diplo- mats                     | 7,95,732    | For publishing 'Indian Foreign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activities |

## Financial Year 2018-19

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                          | Financial As- sistance pro- vided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                      |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | India Foundation                                 | 1,86,61,737                               | Indian Ocean Conference 2018 Indian Ocean Conference 2017    |
|         2 | Observer Research Foun- dation                   | 1,14,06,245                               | Raisina Dialogue 2019                                        |
|         3 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India | 65,87,000                                 | Global Technology Sum- mit 2018 India Strategy Forum 2018    |
|         4 | Ananta Aspen Centre                              | 57,81,273                                 | India-US Forum 2018 India Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue |
|         5 | Centre for China Analysis and Strategy           | 36,40,000                                 | Research project                                             |
|         6 | Delhi Policy Group                               | 19,91,445                                 | India-Japan Indo Pacific Forum 2018                          |

|   7 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                                 | 12,00,000   | Research project                                                                                                       |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 | Jadavpur Association of International Relations                  | 9,85,600    | Conference 'Act East through North East: In- dia's way to a New Era of Diplomacy'                                      |
|   9 | Association of Indian Diplomats                                  | 8,89,093    | For publishing 'Indian Foreign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activities                                      |
|  10 | Vidya Prasarak Mandal's Centre for International Studies (Regd.) | 6,86,835    | National Seminar on 'Trump Presidency, US relations with India'                                                        |
|  11 | India-Pakistan Neemrana Initiative                               | 4,38,120    | 36 th Meeting of India- Pakistan Neemrana Ini- tiative                                                                 |
|  12 | Pune International Centre                                        | 3,00,000    | Foreign Policy Outreach Lectures, an Emerging Technology Exchange Conference and a South- ern Command Series lec- ture |
|  13 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Studies and Analysis    | 2,39,100    | West Asia Conference 2018 (Advance)                                                                                    |

## Financial Year 2019-20

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organiza- tion                                     | Financial As- sistance pro- vided (Rs.)   | Purpose             |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                           | 46,92,350                                 | India-US Forum 2019 |
|         2 | Manohar Parrikar In- stitute for Defence Studies and Analysis | 38,62,246                                 | Research Project    |
|         3 | Centre for China Anal-                                        | 36,40,000                                 | Research Project    |

|    | ysis and Strategy                                   |           |                                                                                       |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  4 | Gateway House: In- dian Council of Global Relations | 19,66,830 | India Canada Track 1.5 Dia- logue 2018; India Canada Track 1.5 Dialogue 2019          |
|  5 | Pune International Centre                           | 11,70,000 | Asia Economic Dialogue 2020                                                           |
|  6 | Delhi Policy Group                                  | 9,98,955  | India-Japan Indo Pacific Fo- rum 2020                                                 |
|  7 | Association of Indian Diplomats                     | 8,25,156  | For publishing 'Indian For- eign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activi- ties |
|  8 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                    | 6,00,000  | Research Project                                                                      |
|  9 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India    | 1,97,500  | India Strategy Forum Meet- ing                                                        |
| 10 | Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Stud- ies    | 77,033    | 9 th Biennial IAAPS Confer- ence                                                      |

## Financial Year 2020-21

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organization                            | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                      |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Observer Research Foundation                       | 1,00,00,000                           | Raisina Dialogue 2020                                        |
|         2 | India Foundation                                   | 99,52,823                             | Indian Ocean Conference 2019                                 |
|         3 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace In- dia | 95,00,000                             | Global Technology Summit 2020; Global Technology Summit 2019 |
|         4 | Manohar Parrikar Insti-                            | 59,21,262                             | Research Project                                             |

|    | tute for Defence Studies and Analysis                            |           |                                                                                                                      |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  5 | Pune International Cen- tre                                      | 47,06,108 | Asia Economic Dialogue 2020                                                                                          |
|  6 | Centre for China Analy- sis and Strategy                         | 40,04,000 | Research Project                                                                                                     |
|  7 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                              | 37,52,085 | India-US Forum 2020; India- Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue 2020; India-Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dia- logue 2019 |
|  8 | Jadavpur Association of International Relations                  | 15,63,029 | Conference on '50 years of India-Banlgadesh Relations'                                                               |
|  9 | Association of Indian Diplomats                                  | 10,21,428 | For publishing 'Indian For- eign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activi- ties                                |
| 10 | Impact Investors Coun- cil                                       | 5,50,000  | Conference titled 'Prabhav' Impact Investment                                                                        |
| 11 | Vidya Prasarak Mandal's Centre for International Studies (Regd.) | 3,34,803  | Seminar on 'India's Neigh- bourhood First Policy'                                                                    |
| 12 | National Institute of Ad- vance Studies                          | 3,28,120  | Strategic Security Threats of 21 st Century                                                                          |
| 13 | Madurai Kamraj Univer- sity                                      | 1,00,000  | Conference on 'Navigating the Idea of Indo Pacific'                                                                  |

## Financial Year 2021-22

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organiza- tion                                       | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                                               |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Stud- ies and Analysis | 65,15,539                             | Research Project                                                                      |
|         2 | Centre for China Analy- sis and Strategy                        | 40,04,000                             | Research Project                                                                      |
|         3 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                             | 18,50,000                             | India-Japan Forum 2021                                                                |
|         4 | Pune International Cen- tre                                     | 19,57,779                             | Asia Economic Dialogue 2022; Asia Economic Dia- logue 2021                            |
|         5 | Delhi Policy Group                                              | 10,50,000                             | India-Japan Indo Pacific Fo- rum 2021 and Reserach Study                              |
|         6 | Association of Indian Diplomats                                 | 8,73,008                              | For publishing 'Indian For- eign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activi- ties |
|         7 | Institute of Social and Cultural Studies                        | 8,18,547                              | Symposium on BIMSTEC: A Vehicle for Growth and De- velopment                          |
|         8 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                                | 6,00,000                              | Research Project                                                                      |
|         9 | Policy 4.0 Foundation                                           | 53,400                                | Webinar on Blockchain Technology                                                      |

## Financial Year 2022-23

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organiza- tion                                            | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                                                                                                                              |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Observer Research Foundation                                         | 1,30,44,271                           | For organizing Raisina Dia- logue 2022; Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy 2022                                                                                   |
|         2 | India Foundation                                                     | 1,24,35,000                           | Indian Ocean Conference 2021                                                                                                                                         |
|         3 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                                  | 1,08,99,514                           | India-US Forum 2023; India-US Forum 2022; India-Europe Strategic Dialogue 2022; India- Europe Strategic Dialogue 2021; India-Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dialogue 2021 |
|         4 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India                     | 58,11,032                             | For organizing Global Technol- ogy Summit 2021                                                                                                                       |
|         5 | Asian Confluence                                                     | 44,35,000                             | NADI Dialogue 2022; Imphal Dialogue 2022                                                                                                                             |
|         6 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Stud- ies and Analysis      | 35,62,456                             | Research Project                                                                                                                                                     |
|         7 | Centre for China Analy- sis and Strategy                             | 40,04,000                             | Research Project                                                                                                                                                     |
|         8 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                                     | 19,96,000                             | Research Project                                                                                                                                                     |
|         9 | Delhi Policy Group                                                   | 19,31,711                             | India-Japan Indo Pacific Forum 2022                                                                                                                                  |
|        10 | United Services Insti- tution                                        | 10,00,000                             | MEA Chair of Excellence for Research                                                                                                                                 |
|        11 | Vidya Prasarak Man- dal's Centre for Inter- national Studies (Regd.) | 5,57,260                              | National Seminar on 'Changing Contours of India US Relations'                                                                                                        |

|   12. | Gateway House: Indian Council of Global Rela- tions   | 6,69,100   | India France Track 1.5 Dia- logue 2022                                            |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    13 | Association of Indian Diplomats                       | 4,36,069   | For publishing 'Indian Foreign Affairs' Journal and Track 1.5 outreach activities |

## Financial Year 2023-24

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organiza- tion                                       | Financial Assistance provided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                                                              |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Observer Research Foundation                                    | 1,28,79,44 0                          | For organizing Raisina Dia- logue 2023; Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy 2023; Research Project |
|         2 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India                | 59,86,600                             | For organizing Global Tech- nology Summit 2022                                                       |
|         3 | Pune International Cen- tre                                     | 45,78,719                             | For organizing Asia Eco- nomic Dialogue 2023                                                         |
|         4 | Manohar Parrikar Insti- tute for Defence Stud- ies and Analysis | 40,46,692                             | Research Project                                                                                     |
|         5 | Centre for China Analy- sis and Strategy                        | 30,03,000                             | Research Project                                                                                     |
|         6 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                             | 35,30,169                             | For organizing India-Japan Forum 2023 and India Korea Track 1.5 Strategic Dia- logue 2022            |
|         7 | Chennai Centre for China Studies                                | 17,54,000                             | Research Project                                                                                     |
|         8 | Association of Indian Diplomats                                 | 17,17,615                             | For publishing 'Indian For- eign Affairs' Journal and                                                |

|    |                                                                      |           | Track 1.5 outreach activi- ties                                         |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  9 | The Energy Forum                                                     | 27,40,817 | For organizing the 1 st Purvo- daya Perspectives Confer- ence 2023      |
| 10 | Usanas Foundation                                                    | 14,00,253 | For organizing the Maha- rana Pratap Annual Geopoli- tics Dialogue 2023 |
| 11 | Delhi Policy Group                                                   | 12,36,293 | India-Japan Indo Pacific Fo- rum 2023                                   |
| 12 | Vidya Prasarak Man- dal's Centre for Inter- national Studies (Regd.) | 9,13,739  | National Seminar on 'India and Her Neighbours'                          |
| 13 | Asian Confluence                                                     | 8,99,582  | India-Japan Intellectual Conclave 2023                                  |
| 14 | Policy 4.0 Foundation                                                | 1,24,600  | Webinar on Blockchain Technology                                        |

## Financial Year 2024-25

|   Sl. No. | Think-Tank/Organiza- tion                                     | Financial As- sistance pro- vided (Rs.)   | Purpose                                                |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Pune International Centre                                     | 56,00,000.00                              | 8th Asia Economic Dia- logue 2024                      |
|         2 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                           | 16,15,433.00                              | 22nd India Korea Dia- logue 2023                       |
|         3 | Asian Confluence                                              | 8,85,000.00                               | 5 th India-Japan Intellec- tual Conclave 'Kizuna' 2024 |
|         4 | Manohar Parrikar In- stitute for Defence Studies and Analysis | 20,60,541.00                              | Research Project                                       |
|         5 | Manipur University                                            | 8,15,835.00                               | India - Myanmar Rela- tions Conference                 |
|         6 | Association of Indian                                         | 14,63,421.00                              | For publishing Indian                                  |

|    | Diplomats                                                     |              | Foreign Affairs Journal and other activities (01st inst 2024-25)   |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  7 | India Foundation                                              | 98,17,903.00 | 6th Indian Ocean Con- ference 2023                                 |
|  8 | Rashtriya Raksha Uni- veristy                                 | 5,00,000.00  | Research Project                                                   |
|  9 | Symbiosis School of International Studies                     | 33,53,268.00 | 9th International Rela- tions Conference 2023                      |
| 10 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                           | 42,73,563.00 | 7th India-US Forum 2024                                            |
| 11 | Usanas Foundation                                             | 16,13,640.00 | 3rd Maharana Pratap Annual Geopolitics Dia- logue 2024             |
| 12 | Observer Research Foundation                                  | 27,12,112.00 | Raisina Young Fellows Programme                                    |
| 13 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India              | 60,00,000.00 | 8th Global Technology Summit 2023                                  |
| 14 | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute                        | 1,98,000.00  | Research Project                                                   |
| 15 | Manohar Parrikar In- stitute for Defence Studies and Analysis | 21,06,000.00 | Research Project                                                   |
| 16 | NIAS, Bengaluru                                               | 9,19,468.00  | Track 1.5 Polar Dia- logue                                         |
| 17 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                           | 14,11,677.00 | 1st India Nordic Track 1.5 Dialogue 2024                           |
| 18 | North Eastern Devel- opment Finance Cor- poration             | 44,25,000.00 | Research Project                                                   |
| 19 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India              | 25,00,000    | 1 st GTS Innovation Dia- logue 2024                                |
| 20 | Delhi Policy Group                                            | 9,12,329     | 7 th India-Japan Indo-Pa-                                          |

|    |                                                     |             | cific Forum 2024                                                   |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 21 | North Eastern Devel- opment Finance Cor- poration   | 88,50,000   | Research Project                                                   |
| 22 | Rashtriya Raksha Uni- versity                       | 4,23,731    | Asian African Treaty Law and Practice Con- ference 2024            |
| 23 | Organization for Re- search on China and Asia       | 2,00,000    | Global Conference on New Sinology 2024                             |
| 24 | Association of Indian Diplomats                     | 4,94,147    | 2 nd instalment of annual grant                                    |
| 25 | Observer Research Foundation                        | 14,89,056   | Inaugural Quad Think- Tank Forum 2024                              |
| 26 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                 | 18,46,909   | 23 rd India-Korea Dia- logue 2024                                  |
| 27 | Ananta Aspen Centre                                 | 22,65,832   | 3 rd India-EU Track 1.5 Dialogue 2024                              |
| 28 | Indian Society of In- ternational Law               | 4,30,604    | 9 th International Confer- ence of ISIL 2024                       |
| 29 | Indian Foundation                                   | 1,13,03,479 | 7 th Indian Ocean Confer- ence 2024                                |
| 30 | The Energy Forum                                    | 39,18,383   | 2 nd International Confer- ence on 'Purvodaya Per- spectives' 2024 |
| 31 | Asian Confluence                                    | 5,84,100    | Research Project                                                   |
| 32 | Global Counter Terror- ism Council                  | 5,00,000    | India-EU Roundtable 2024                                           |
| 33 | Observer Research Foundation                        | 30,15,643   | 3 rd Raisina Forum for Future of Diplomacy                         |
| 34 | Gateway House: In- dian Council of Global Relations | 21,78,068   | India-Indonesia Track 1.5 Dialogue 2024                            |

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