Twenty-six years, in order.

Nepal Flood Relief

A glacial collapse in the Himalaya on 26 August 2026 sent flash floods down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli, destroying settlements, bridges and hydropower plants across seven districts of Nepal. India began airlifting relief the same day and has since delivered relief material, modular steel bridge equipment, a tunnel rescue contingent and forensic teams.

Operation Brahma — Myanmar Earthquake Response

India launched Operation Brahma within a day of the 28 March 2025 earthquake in central Myanmar. Six aircraft and five naval ships delivered 625 tonnes of relief material, an 80-member NDRF search-and-rescue team worked in Mandalay, and an Indian Army field hospital treated more than 2,500 patients.

Operation Sadbhav — Typhoon Yagi Relief — Southeast Asia

India dispatched relief consignments to Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi caused widespread flooding across Southeast Asia in September 2024, moving supplies by air and sea.

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.

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.

Operation Karuna — Cyclone Mocha Relief — Myanmar

Following Cyclone Mocha's landfall in Rakhine State in May 2023, India sent relief material to Myanmar aboard Indian Navy vessels, including emergency food, tents, medicines and water.

Operation Kaveri — Sudan Evacuation

India evacuated its nationals from Sudan by air and sea during the 2023 conflict, using Indian Air Force aircraft and Indian Navy vessels staging through Port Sudan and Jeddah. Nationals of several other countries were carried out on the same flights and ships.

Jaffna Cultural Centre

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

Operation Dost — Türkiye–Syria Earthquake Response

Hours after the 6 February 2023 earthquake, India began flying search-and-rescue teams, medical personnel, a field hospital and relief material to Türkiye, and separately sent emergency medical consignments to Syria.

Metro Express, Mauritius

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

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.

Ukraine Humanitarian Assistance

India sent consignments of medicines and relief material to Ukraine during the conflict, moved by air and by road through neighbouring countries.

Afghanistan Humanitarian Assistance

India began sending wheat, medicines, vaccines and winter clothing to Afghanistan in 2022, moving consignments overland through Pakistan and by air, and routing distribution through the World Food Programme and other agencies.

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Support

During Sri Lanka's 2022 foreign exchange crisis India extended a package of emergency support covering fuel, food, medicine and fertiliser. Most of that support took the form of credit facilities and deferred payments, not grants.

Vaccine Maitri — COVID-19 Vaccine Supply

From 20 January 2021, India supplied COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in India to partner countries as grants, on commercial terms and through the COVAX facility. The first consignments went to neighbouring countries as grant assistance.

Greater Malé Connectivity Project

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

Hanimaadhoo International Airport Development

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

Magistrates' Court Building, Victoria

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

Supreme Court Building, Port Louis

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

Operation Sanjeevani — Emergency Medicines Airlift — Maldives

An Indian Air Force aircraft airlifted essential medicines and hospital consumables to Malé during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, when commercial supply routes had closed.

Operation Vanilla — Cyclone Diane Relief — Madagascar

An Indian Navy vessel was diverted to Madagascar after Cyclone Diane, delivering relief material and providing medical assistance and diving teams for rescue work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Operation Samudra Maitri — Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami Relief

India deployed Indian Navy ships and Indian Air Force aircraft carrying relief material and medical teams to Indonesia after the September 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.

Mongol Refinery

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

Water Supply Projects, Tanzania

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

Operation Insaniyat — Relief for Displaced Persons in Bangladesh

India supplied relief material to Bangladesh for people displaced from Rakhine State, in consignments carried by Indian Air Force aircraft and by sea, covering food, tents and household items.

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.

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.

Afghan Parliament Building

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

Operation Maitri — Nepal Earthquake Response

India's response to the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake began the same day, and became one of the largest foreign disaster-relief deployments India has mounted, combining search-and-rescue teams, medical units, engineering task forces and a sustained air bridge.

Operation Rahat — Yemen Evacuation

India evacuated civilians from Yemen by air and sea during the 2015 conflict. Alongside its own nationals, India carried out citizens of dozens of other countries who had asked for assistance.

Operation Neer — Maldives Drinking Water Crisis

When a fire disabled the desalination plant supplying Malé, India began airlifting drinking water within hours of the Maldivian request, and followed with naval vessels carrying water and shipborne desalination capacity.

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.

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.

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.

Zaranj–Delaram Highway

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

High Impact Community Development Projects

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

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.

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.