§ 91. Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance Her Majesty's Government have offered to India as a result of the famine in Rajasthan.
§ Mr. Chris PattenIn response to the 1987 monsoon failure, in Rajasthan and elsewhere, we have contributed :
- £3 million to the Government of India/UNICEF water and sanitation programme;
- £250,000 to Christian Aid for village tubewells;
- £250,000 to Save the Children Fund and £53,000 to Oxfam for their respective drought relief programmes.
We are also considering a major bilateral village well drilling project.
All these projects involve Rajasthan, though not exclusively.