(a) whether the Development Partnership Administration (DPA)
wing of his Ministry is monitoring India-aided foreign development projects;
(b) if so, the details of such projects/grant assistance schemes
undertaken by the Government around the world in the last three years,
country-wise;
(c) the expenditure incurred on such projects during the above
period, year and country-wise; and
(d) the basis on which these countries are identified and amount
of aid decided?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI PRENEET KAUR)
(a) The Development Partnership Administration (DPA) was set up in the
Ministry of External Affairs in January 2012 to effectively handle and
monitor India’s development assistance projects abroad through the stages
of conception, launch, execution and completion.
(b) & (c) The information is being collected and will be placed on the
Table of the House.
(d) India’s development partnership is demand driven based on projects
identified by partner countries and our perspectives on sharing of developmental
experiences with other developing countries.