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USAID khan satha projects fund kuri shey India te 2023-24 te, ‘voter turnout’ ke unrelated’: Centre

Delhi, 23 February 2025: USAID laka alleged role Indian election influence laka opor te raging political controversy hwa time te, Finance Ministry laka latest annual report khan pra janai dishey ki agency khan satha project worth USD &%) million fund kuri shey 2023-24 te. Finance Ministry report 2023-24 hisap pra, Echa satha projects worth total budget USD &%) million laka implement kuri ase USAID khan pra Government of India lokot partnership kuri kina. Financial Year 2023-24 nimite, total USD 97 million laka obligation toh banai dishey US Agency for International Development (USAID) khan pra satha projects laka under te, enika koishey.

Department of Economic Affairs khan Finance Ministry laka under te, kun toh nodal department ase bilateral funding arrangement nimite, khan projects laka details shared kuri shey 2023-24 te fund kura report te. Etu saal time te, eku funding kuri nai vote turnout toh enhance nimite hoileh b projects khan related thaki shey agriculture aro food security programmes; pani, sanitation aro hygiene (WASH); renewable energy; disaster management aro health. Etu chari kina taikhan koishey, funds toh Sustainable Forests aro Climate Adaptation Programme aro Energy Efficiency Technology Commercialisation and Innovation Project nimite committed thaki shey.

 US’s bilateral development assistance india ke 1951 te shuru hoishey aro mainly through USAID pra administered kuri shey. Taikhan laka commencement hoi kina, USAID khan economic assistance dishey USD 17 billion opor India ke kisim kisim sectors te 555 projects opor te. Political controversy olaishey country te earlier etu month te, Elon Musk-led DOGE pra kwa pichideh ki taikhan ekta USD 21 billion grant India ke ‘voter turnout’ boost kuribo leh toh cancelled kuri dishey.