§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of United Kingdom funded projects in India in each of the past six years have been in the states of(a) Kashmir and (b) Punjab. [37105]
§ Mr. HanleyOne project in Kashmir—hydroelectric power—is currently being funded under the aid and trade provision at a total cost of £17 million. Apart from this, the ODA has not given any bilateral aid for projects in either Kashmir or Punjab in the past six years.
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many requests for overseas aid assistance have been made by the Indian Government for projects in(a) Kashmir and (b) Punjab states in the past 10 years; and how many of these were approved. [37107]
§ Mr. HanleyA hydroelectric power project on Kashmir was approved under the aid and trade provision in 1989. No other British bilateral aid projects have been approved in the past 10 years in Kashmir or Punjab. Information on requests during that time from the Indian Government for assistance for projects in Kashmir and Punjab is not readily available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign12W and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the major projects in India funded by United Kingdom overseas aid in the past six years. [37103]
§ Mr. HanleyProjects over £5 million funded by UK overseas aid in India in the past six years are:
- Maharashtra Water (1990) £16m
- Calcutta Slum Improvement Project (1990) £13m
- Orissa Health and Family Welfare 2 (1991) £20m
- Vijayawada Slum Improvement Project (1991) £17m
- Programme Aid Grant (1991) £30m
- Coal Project Grant (1991) £ 11m
- Andhra Pradesh School Health (1991) £6m
- Programme Aid Grant (1992) £20m
- Western Ghats Environmental Forestry Project (1992) £25m
- High Voltage Interconnector, Chandrapur, (1993) £65m
- Hirakud Hydro (1993) £20m
- Heat Treated Rails (1993) £15m
- Regional Engineering Colleges (1994) £7m
- Eastern India Rainfed Farming Project (1994) £8m
- Andhra Pradesh Energy Efficiency (1994) £43m
- Maharashtra Earthquake (World Bank Programme) £15m
- Gomti River Pollution Control Project (1995) £4m (initial phase)
- Andhra Pradesh District Primary Education (1995) £46m
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the amount of United Kingdom bilateral aid in India in each of the past six years. [37104]
§ Mr. HanleyUK bilateral aid to India was:
- 1989–90: £75.851 million
- 1990–91: £88.260 million
- 1991–92: £128.144 million
- 1992–93: £94.719 million
- 1993–94: £79.231 million
- 1994–95: £82.652 million
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy on respect of granting overseas aid assistance to India; and to what extent this takes into account geographical location of projects. [37106]
§ Mr. HanleyPriorities for United Kingdom aid are discussed and agreed with the Government of India at annual talks, taking into account priorities of both Governments.
For management reasons, major new projects are increasingly being focused in a smaller number of target states, including West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.