§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Minister of Overseas Development what new offers of aid were made by Her Majesty's Government at the recent meeting of the Aid-India Consortium.
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§ Mr. PrenticeAt the meeting of the Aid-India Consortium in Paris earlier this week, Her Majesty's Government completed the British financial aid pledge to India for 1967–68 by offering a general purpose loan of £12 million and a £1 million loan for projects. With the £19 million already provided this year this makes a total of £32 million of new aid for 1967–68. Actual disbursements will be higher because of continuing expenditure from earlier loans and I expect the total spent in 1967–68 will be not less than the £43.2 million disbursed to India in 1966–67.