Lok Sabha Question No. 1868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Major Development Projects in Foreign Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel, Shri Miteshbhai Rameshbhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO-1868

ANSWERED ON- 02/08/2024

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

1868. SHRI MITESH PATEL BAKABHAI

SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL

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

(a) the details of the Major Development Projects assisted by India in foreign countries during the period 2014 to 2025, country-wise; and (b) the funds allocated/utilized for each of the project and the status of their completion?

## ANSWER

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

(a & b) Government, as part of its active engagement with countries of   the   global   south,   has   undertaken   a   number   of   development projects   since   2014.   The   main   modalities   of   India's   development partnership   include   Lines   of   Credit   (LoC),   Concessional   Finance Scheme (CFS) and grant-in-aid projects. The projects undertaken cover a wide range of sectors such as water, power, railways, roads,

agriculture, education and healthcare. A large number of projects have already been completed; the remaining are under various stages of implementation. The details of some of the major projects taken up under Lines of Credit, Concessional Finance Scheme and grant-in-aid are placed at Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure -III respectively. *****

## ANNEXURE-I

| Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit   | Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit                                        | Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit            | Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit   | Some of the major projects taken up under the Lines of Credit   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                         | Country                                                                                              | Project Name                                                             | Project Value (US $ mn)                                         | Implementation Stage                                            |
| 1                                                               | Bangladesh passenger                                                                                 | Procurement of 120 nos. BG coaches for Bangladesh Railway [BR]           | 79.94                                                           | Completed                                                       |
| 2                                                               | Bangladesh machinery for Roads and Highways                                                          | Procurement of equipment and                                             | 59.84                                                           | Under Implementation                                            |
| 3                                                               | Bangladesh Infrastructure Development for Power Evacuation Facilities of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant | 1,016.83                                                                 |                                                                 | Under Implementation                                            |
| 4 Bangladesh                                                    | Widening of Baraiyerhat- Heako-Ramgarh Road (38 Km)                                                  | 80.06                                                                    |                                                                 | Under Implementation                                            |
| 5                                                               | Bangladesh Construction of Madarganj 100 MW Solar Power Plant at Madarganj, Jamalpur District        | 131.56                                                                   |                                                                 | Under Implementation                                            |
| 6 Congo R.                                                      | Setting up a Greenfield 600 TPD Rotary Kiln Cement Plant Project                                     | 55.00                                                                    |                                                                 | Under Implementation                                            |
| 7 Cuba                                                          | Supply of Rice to Cuba                                                                               | 104.00                                                                   |                                                                 | Completed                                                       |
| Guyana                                                          | East Bank-East Coast Road linkage project                                                            | 50.00                                                                    |                                                                 | 8 Under Implementation                                          |
| Maldives                                                        | Water & Sewerage Sector Projects in Maldives                                                         | 107.34                                                                   |                                                                 | 9 Under Implementation                                          |
| 10 Maldives                                                     | Hanimaadhoo International Airport                                                                    |                                                                          | 132.15                                                          | Under Implementation                                            |
| 11 Mauritius                                                    | Metro Express Project (Phase I &II)                                                                  | 260.00                                                                   |                                                                 | Completed                                                       |
| 12 Mauritius                                                    | Engineering Procurement and Construction of Mauritius Metro Express Project- III                     | Phase- 80.00                                                             |                                                                 | Completed                                                       |
| 13                                                              | Mongolia                                                                                             | Construction of Crude Oil Refinery Project                               | 1,228.24                                                        | Under Implementation                                            |
| 14                                                              | Mozambique stock                                                                                     | Procurement of railway rolling including locomotives, coaches and wagons | 95.00                                                           | Under Implementation                                            |

|   15 | Myanmar   | Transmission Line and Substation project                                                                                       |   64.07 | Completed            |
|------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|----------------------|
|   16 | Nepal     | Koshi Corridor Transmission Line Project                                                                                       |   91.12 | Under Implementation |
|   17 | Nepal     | Upgrading/Improvement of Kaligandaki Corridor, Gaidakot-Rampur-Pipaldanda Road Project in Nepal                                |   54.14 | Under Implementation |
|   18 | Nepal     | Housing Project - IIIrd tranche                                                                                                |   50    | Completed            |
|   19 | Sri Lanka | Upgrading railway track from Maho-Anuradapura-Omanthai                                                                         |   91.27 | Under Implementation |
|   20 | Sri Lanka | Supply of 6 Diesel Multiple Units with Air Conditioned Passenger Compartments Railways                                         |   58.05 | Completed            |
|   21 | Sri Lanka | Procurement of Rolling stock                                                                                                   |  105.04 | Completed            |
|   22 | Sri Lanka | Supply of Petroleum products                                                                                                   |  500    | Completed            |
|   23 | Sri Lanka | Supply of Urea Fertiliser                                                                                                      |   52    | Completed            |
|   24 | Tanzania  | Extension of Lake Victoria Pipeline to Tabora, Igunga and Nzega                                                                |  256.87 | Completed            |
|   25 | Tanzania  | Construction and Execution of the works related to Rehabilitation and Improvement of water supply scheme in Zanzibar, Tanzania |   92.18 | Under Implementation |
|   26 | Tanzania  | Construction of water supply schemes in 25 towns of Tanzania                                                                   |  465    | Under Implementation |

## Annexure-II

| Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS)   | Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS)   | Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS)   | Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS)   | Major Projects taken up under the Concessional Finance Scheme (CFS)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                               | Country                                                               | Project Name                                                          | Project Value (US $ mn)                                               | Implementatio n Stage                                                 |
| 1                                                                     | Bangladesh                                                            | 2 x 660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant                          | 1,600.00                                                              | Completed                                                             |

## Annexure-III

| Some of the major projects taken up under the grants   | Some of the major projects taken up under the grants                               | Some of the major projects taken up under the grants   | Some of the major projects taken up under the grants   | Some of the major projects taken up under the grants   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                | Country                                                                            | Project Name                                           | Project Value (INR Cr)                                 | Implementation Stage                                   |
| 1.                                                     | Afghanistan Supply of 1.70 lakh MT                                                 | of Wheat                                               | 452                                                    | Completed                                              |
| 2.                                                     | Afghanistan                                                                        | Supply of 75,000 MT Wheat                              | 323.28                                                 | Completed                                              |
| 3.                                                     | Bangladesh                                                                         | Akhaura-Agartala Rail Link Project                     | 270.2                                                  | Under Implementation                                   |
| 4. Bangladesh                                          | Procurement of 109 Basic Support Ambulances                                        | Life 33                                                |                                                        | Completed                                              |
| 5. Bangladesh                                          | India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipe Line                                              |                                                        | 285.24                                                 | Completed                                              |
| 6. Bhutan                                              | Punatsangchhu                                                                      | - I HEP                                                | 9375.57                                                | Under Implementation                                   |
| 7. Bhutan                                              | Punatsangchhu - II HEP                                                             |                                                        | 9445.68                                                | Under Implementation                                   |
| 8. Bhutan                                              | Mangdechhu                                                                         | HEP                                                    | 5033.56                                                | Completed                                              |
| 9. Maldives                                            | Construction of Composite Training Centre (CTC) in Maldives                        |                                                        | 52.42                                                  | Completed                                              |
| 10. Maldives                                           | Financial assistance of Construction of Ministry of Defence (MoD) Building in Male | 40                                                     |                                                        | Under Implementation                                   |
| 11. Mauritius                                          | Metro Express Project: Phase                                                       | I & II                                                 | 1730.6                                                 | Completed                                              |
| 12. Mauritius                                          | New ENT Hospital                                                                   |                                                        | 91                                                     | Completed                                              |
| 13. Mauritius                                          |                                                                                    | Social Housing Project                                 | 150                                                    | Completed                                              |
| 14.                                                    | Mauritius Supreme Court                                                            | Building Project                                       | 225                                                    | Completed                                              |
| 15. Mauritius                                          |                                                                                    | E-Tablet project                                       | 105                                                    | Completed                                              |
| 16. Myanmar                                            | Establishment of Advance Centre of Agriculture and Education (ACARE) at Nay        | Research Pyi Taw.                                      | 50.84                                                  | Completed                                              |
| 17. Myanmar                                            | Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT) Yangon                          | in 102.08                                              |                                                        | Completed                                              |
| 18. Myanmar                                            | Kaladan Multi Model Transit Transport Project- Waterways                           |                                                        | 982.99                                                 | completed                                              |

|    |              | Component                                                                          |        |                      |
|----|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|
| 19 | Nepal        | Construction of National Police Academy at Panauti 657.45                          |        | Under Implementation |
| 20 | Nepal        | Supply of 200 Kidney dialysis machines and 50 RO Systems                           | 20.01  | Completed            |
| 21 | Nepal        | Integrated Check Post at Bhairahawa                                                | 273.25 | Under Implementation |
| 22 | Nepal        | Integrated Check Post at Nepalgunj                                                 | 214.76 | Completed            |
| 23 | Nepal        | Integrated Check Post at Biratnagar                                                | 139.73 | Completed            |
| 24 | Nepal        | Integrated Check Post at Birgunj                                                   | 135.19 | Completed            |
| 25 | Nepal        | Jaynagar- Kutha -Bardibas Rail Link                                                | 548    | Under Implementation |
| 26 | Nepal        | Jogbani -Biratnagar rail link                                                      | 364.85 | Under Implementation |
| 27 | South Africa | Setting up Gandhi Mandela Skills institute in South Africa                         | 23.89  | Under Implementation |
| 28 | Sri Lanka    | Construction of Jaffna Cultural Centre                                             | 94.20  | Completed            |
| 29 | Sri Lanka    | Indian Housing Project Phase III: Construction of 4,000 houses in plantation areas | 217.8  | Under Implementation |
| 30 | Africa       | e-VidyaBharati and e- AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) Network Project                      | 300.58 | Under Implementation |

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