Nueva Delhi: Congress pointed out on Monday to the report of the Ministry of Finance of the Union to the Target Center on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Financing claims of India.
The leader of the Congress, Jairam Ramesh, in a position on X, accused the government of lying, emphasizing that the seven projects listed in the report of the Ministry of Finance have no connection with the “voter participation.”
“Nothing less than the Ministry of Finance of the Union has exposed the lies of the Prime Minister and his Jhoot Brigade, including his handsome Minister of External Affairs. As indicated in the annual report of the Ministry of Finance by 2023-24, Usaid He is currently implementing seven projects in collaboration with the government of India, with a combined budget of approximately $ 750 million, “said Jairam Ramesh in an X publication.
“None of these projects have to do with electoral participation. All of them are already through the government of the Union,” he added.
The political controversy broke out in the country earlier this month after the Dux led by Elon Musk (government efficiency department) said he had canceled a subsidy of $ 21 million to India to increase “electoral participation.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeatedly stated that, under the previous administration of Joe Biden, USAID assigned $ 21 million in funds to India for the ‘voter participation’ and described him as a “overload scheme” .
The Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar, responded to the claims and said that the information published by the Trump administration is “worrying” and under investigation.
Usaid was allowed in India “in good faith, doing activities in good faith”, and suggestions are being made from the United States that “there are activities that are in bad faith,” Jaishankar said.
According to the report of the Ministry of Finance, India was implementing seven projects worth $ 750 million in association with the USAID.
The money, $ 97 million (around RS 825 million rupees) in 2023-24, was used for seven projects that cover agriculture, forest adaptation and climate, water and sanitation, renewable energy, health, health And disaster management, said the Ministry of Finance in its annual report for the last financial year.
The funds, $ 97 million (approximately 825 million rupees) in 2023-24, supported seven projects in agriculture, forest and climatic adaptation, water and sanitation, renewable energy, health and disaster management, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Finance.
The previous report listed identical projects without specifying the 2022-23 financing amount.
The projects remained consistent in recent years, with approximately $ 70 million assigned for FY22 and FY21. The Ministry said that the United States bilateral development assistance began in 1951, mainly through USAID, providing $ 17 billion for 555 projects in several sectors for 73 years.