India

(asked on 23rd January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent in India in each year since 2005-06.


Answered by
Desmond Swayne Portrait
Desmond Swayne
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015

Figures on Overseas Development Assistance to India can be viewed in the Statistics on International Development: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/statistics .

The table below details bilateral spend DFID disbursed to India from 2005/06 to 2013/14.

Year

£ thousand

2005-06

£252,755

2006-07

£233,853

2007-08

£275,402

2008-09

£297,028

2009-10

£295,119

2010-11

£278,936

2011-12

£284,359

2012-13

£196,405

2013-14

£176,834

In 2012, DFID announced that it would end our traditional financial grant aid to India in 2015. From this year on, our partnership will be based on sharing skills and expertise, investing in private sector projects that benefit the poor, and working together on global development issues.

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