‘Jhoot brigade’: Congress cites finance ministry report to focus on Centre on USAID funding | India Information – The Instances of India
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday pointed to Union finance ministry report to focus on Centre on US Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) funding claims to India.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh in a put up on X accused the federal government of mendacity, emphasising that the seven tasks listed within the finance ministry report haven’t any connection to “voter turnout”.
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“None aside from the Union finance ministry has totally uncovered the lies of the PM and his jhoot brigade, together with his dapper Exterior Affairs Minister. As acknowledged within the Finance Ministry’s annual report for 2023-24, USAID is at present implementing seven tasks in collaboration with the Authorities of India, with a mixed finances of roughly $750 million,” Jairam Ramesh stated in a put up on X.
“Not a single of those tasks has to do with voter turnout. ALL of them are with and thru the Union authorities,” he added.
Political controversy erupted within the nation earlier this month after the Elon Musk-led DOGE (Division of Authorities Effectivity) claimed that it had cancelled a $21 million grant to India to spice up “voter turnout”.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly acknowledged that beneath Joe Biden’s earlier administration, USAID allotted $21 million in funding to India for ‘voter turnout’ and known as it a “kickback scheme”.
Exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar responded to the claims and stated that the knowledge launched by the Trump administration is “regarding” and beneath investigation.
The USAID was allowed in India “in good religion, to do good religion actions”, and strategies are being made out of America that “there are actions that are in unhealthy religion,” Jaishankar had stated.
In response to the finance ministry report, India was implementing seven tasks value $750 million in partnership with the USAID.
The cash – $97 million (round Rs 825 crore) in 2023-24 – was used for seven tasks overlaying agriculture, forest and local weather adaptation, water and sanitation, renewable power, well being and catastrophe administration, the finance ministry stated in its annual report for the final monetary yr.
The funds – $97 million (roughly Rs 825 crore) in 2023-24 – supported seven tasks in agriculture, forest and local weather adaptation, water and sanitation, renewable power, well being and catastrophe administration, in keeping with the finance ministry’s annual report.
The earlier report listed equivalent tasks with out specifying the 2022-23 funding quantity.
The tasks remained constant over latest years, with roughly $70 million allotted for FY22 and FY21. The ministry famous that US bilateral growth help started in 1951, primarily by USAID, offering $17 billion for 555 tasks throughout numerous sectors over 73 years.
