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India's OverseasAssistance Tracker

Development partnership

Building together.

Some of this is grant assistance India gave. Some is credit the partner country repays. Every card says which — that distinction is never blurred. Our development project register is still being expanded and does not yet cover everything India has built.

26 recorded development projects

BangladeshTransport

Akhaura–Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link

A cross-border rail link connecting Agartala in Tripura with the Bangladesh rail network at Akhaura, shortening the route between Tripura and Kolkata.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2023
BangladeshEnergy

Maitree Super Thermal Power Project

A coal-fired power station at Rampal in Bangladesh developed by a joint venture of NTPC and the Bangladesh Power Development Board.

REPAYABLE FINANCINGCompleted · 2023
Sri LankaCulture

Jaffna Cultural Centre

A performing arts and cultural complex in Jaffna including an auditorium, museum and public library, built with Indian grant assistance.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2023
MauritiusTransport

Metro Express, Mauritius

A light rail system connecting Port Louis with Curepipe, the largest infrastructure project in Mauritius, delivered with Indian financing.

GRANT + REPAYABLECompleted · 2023
NepalTransport

Jaynagar–Kurtha Cross-Border Rail Link

Cross-border broad-gauge passenger rail link connecting Jaynagar in Bihar with Kurtha in Nepal, later extended onward to Bijalpura.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2022
MaldivesTransport

Greater Malé Connectivity Project

A bridge and causeway link connecting Malé with Villingili, Gulhifalhu and Thilafushi — the largest infrastructure project undertaken in the Maldives.

GRANT + REPAYABLEUnder implementation
MaldivesTransport

Hanimaadhoo International Airport Development

Expansion of Hanimaadhoo airport in the northern Maldives, including a new runway and terminal, financed on repayable terms.

REPAYABLE FINANCINGUnder implementation
SeychellesOther

Magistrates' Court Building, Victoria

A new Magistrates' Court in Victoria built with Indian grant assistance, the largest Indian grant project in Seychelles.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2021
MauritiusOther

Supreme Court Building, Port Louis

A new Supreme Court complex in Port Louis, built under Indian grant assistance and inaugurated in 2020.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2020
NepalTransport

Integrated Check Posts at Birgunj and Biratnagar

Modern cross-border trade and immigration facilities intended to reduce clearance times on Nepal's two busiest land trade routes.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2020
NepalEnergy

Motihari–Amlekhgunj Petroleum Pipeline

South Asia's first cross-border petroleum products pipeline, carrying fuel from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal and replacing tanker movement by road.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2019
BhutanEnergy

Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project (720 MW)

A 720 MW run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Mangdechhu river, commissioned in 2019 and handed over to Bhutan.

GRANT + REPAYABLECompleted · 2019
Multilateral / GlobalDigital

e-VidyaBharati and e-ArogyaBharati Network

The successor to the Pan-African e-Network, delivering free tele-education and tele-medicine links between Indian institutions and African partner countries.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation
Sri LankaHealth

1990 Suwa Seriya Emergency Ambulance Service

A free emergency ambulance service now operating island-wide, established with Indian grant assistance and later sustained by the Government of Sri Lanka.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2018
MongoliaEnergy

Mongol Refinery

Mongolia's first oil refinery, financed on repayable concessional terms through an Indian Line of Credit.

REPAYABLE FINANCINGUnder implementation
TanzaniaWater

Water Supply Projects, Tanzania

Water supply schemes serving Zanzibar and a number of mainland Tanzanian towns, financed on repayable concessional terms.

REPAYABLE FINANCINGUnder implementation
AfghanistanWater

Afghan–India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam)

A multipurpose dam on the Hari Rud in Herat province providing irrigation and hydroelectric power, built with Indian grant assistance.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2016
IranTransport

Chabahar — Shahid Beheshti Port Terminal

An Indian-equipped and Indian-operated terminal at Chabahar, developed as a transit route to Afghanistan and Central Asia that bypasses Pakistan.

GRANT + REPAYABLEUnder implementation
AfghanistanOther

Afghan Parliament Building

The National Assembly complex in Kabul, built with Indian grant assistance and handed over in 2015.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2015
BhutanEnergy

Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (1,020 MW)

A 1,020 MW hydroelectric project on the Punatsangchhu river, developed under the intergovernmental India–Bhutan energy framework.

GRANT + REPAYABLEUnder implementation
Sri LankaHousing

Indian Housing Project

India's largest grant housing programme abroad, building houses for families affected by conflict and for plantation-sector workers across Sri Lanka.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation
MyanmarTransport

Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project

A transit corridor linking Kolkata to Sittwe Port in Myanmar and onward by river and road towards Mizoram, financed by India.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation
AfghanistanTransport

Zaranj–Delaram Highway

A 218-kilometre highway in Nimroz province linking Zaranj on the Iranian border to the Afghan ring road at Delaram.

GRANT ASSISTANCECompleted · 2009
NepalCommunity

High Impact Community Development Projects

A long-running programme of small grant-funded community projects across Nepal's districts, implemented through local bodies.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation
BhutanOther

Support to Bhutan's Five Year Plan

India is the principal external partner for Bhutan's Five Year Plans, contributing grant assistance across sectors chosen by the Royal Government of Bhutan.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation
Multilateral / GlobalCapacity building

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)

India's flagship capacity-building programme, offering fully funded short-term training at Indian institutions to nominees from partner countries. Running since 1964 and covering the whole period this site tracks.

GRANT ASSISTANCEUnder implementation