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India’s No to Foreign Aid
- 2001 Bhuj Earthquake – last appeal by the GOI for external aid
- Feb 2003 Budget – said no to ‘tied aid’
- Asked donor countries to route their aid through NGOs, the UN or other multilateral institutions
- 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami – India refused foreign aid – said no to Japan, US, Israel
- Then PM Manmohan Singh – “We feel that we can cope with the situation on our own.”
- 2018 Kerala floods – refused any external aid
- Cancelled its own debt on heavily indebted poor countries – like Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania
- March 2008 – Department of Economic Affairs – paper/guidelines – on receiving foreign aid
- India capable enough – no to foreign aid or tied aid – if a country is willing, can route it through multilateral institutions or NGOs
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