Budget 2022: Rs 200 cr for growth help to Afghanistan, Rs 100 cr for Chabahar port
In a sign of its dedication to Afghan folks, India on Tuesday put aside in its funds for 2022-23 an quantity of Rs 200 crore as growth help to Afghanistan moreover allocating Rs 100 crore for the Chabahar port mission.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allotted a complete of Rs 17,250 crore to the Ministry of External Affairs within the Union Budget for the subsequent fiscal, out of which Rs 6,292 crore is for growth help to international locations in India’s neighbourhood in addition to in Africa and Latin America.
It is learnt that the allocation of Rs 200 crore to Afghanistan is a sign of India’s dedication to the Afghan folks and the cash could also be spent on paying for previous initiatives, scholarships and offering help to the Afghan folks. Last yr, the allocation made below growth help to Afghanistan was Rs 350 crore however the revised estimate put the quantity at Rs 200 crore.
Bhutan received the utmost outlay of over Rs 2,266 crore, whereas growth help for Nepal and Myanmar has been pegged at Rs 750 crore and Rs 600 crore, respectively.
An quantity of Rs 360 crore has been earmarked for the Maldives, whereas the developmental help for Bangladesh is pegged at Rs 300 crore and the outlay for Sri Lanka was Rs 200 crore. Mauritius will get Rs 900 crore, in response to the funds paperwork.
The African international locations might be supplied growth help value Rs 250 crore, whereas Rs 140 crore has been earmarked for the Eurasian international locations.
An quantity of Rs 40 crore might be allotted for Latin American international locations whereas a separate outlay of Rs 150 crore was made for different growing international locations.
Sitharaman additionally made an allocation of Rs 100 crore for the event of the Chabahar port. The quantity is similar as was allotted in 2021-22. According to the funds paperwork, a further quantity of Rs 447 crore has been put aside for ‘support to international training/programmes’.
