Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to help support the decarbonisation of transport infrastructure in India.

DFID is partnering with India to tackle climate change and transition to a clean growth pathway that will benefit us all, by providing advice and technical assistance. DFID’s Supporting Structural Reforms in the Indian Power Sector programme is working to improve the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of electricity supply in India, enabling a reduction in carbon emissions. Since 2015 DFID has invested in over 1GW of renewable energy projects in India – returns from these investments come back to the UK taxpayer. To date £55m has been returned.

The UK ended traditional aid to India in 2015 and no financial assistance is provided to the Government of India.