UK likely to cut 1 billion pound aid to india

[veekysingh]

with india having 600 million living below the poverty line they will be hit the hardest. my heart goes out to them. this is a terrible move by U.K. and i hope the U.K. reconsiders this.

can u pls think more about your own land of pure? where ppl die every day? and dont make post links of how poor pakistani's are.

 

[Hellraiser007]

India needs no Aid and UK stop Illegal activities against GOI in the name of AID.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

It would be better if this aid is given as loan, that way GOI would be more serious.

 

[veekysingh]

It would be better if this aid is given as loan, that way GOI would be more serious.

just for your information , ''the aid'' not go to GOI.

 

[BATMAN]

Please, also tell about the un-cut billions!

 

[Sashan]

Now I want to see the day when India provides billions to UK every year.

 

[SpArK]

The aid details

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/ICAI/man-response-ICAI-recom-Support-Health-Education-India.pdf
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/op/india-2011-summary.pdf



Also some interesting information of another regional country.

Hope the UK aid never stops atleast for this country.



Some 60 million people (one in three) live in poverty. Half of all adults, and two out of every three women, are illiterate. One in 11 children die before their fifth birthday, and 12,000 women die in childbirth every year. Nearly half of children under five suffer from stunted growth, which affects brain development and so reduces their ability to learn at school. And this country has had to deal with repeated crises, including floods in 2010 and 2011, and the current economic difficulties.

Entrenched poverty is denying opportunities to millions of people and undermining this country's long term stability and prosperity. Tackling poverty and building a prosperous democratic this country will help not only millions of poor country people, but will also improve stability in this country, the region, and beyond.

Thats why this country is one of the UK Government's top priorities.

Link: <---check this

 

[Awesome]

No need. We dont need any "aid" from the UK that comes as a bribe. We can take care of ourselves.

Aid is always a bribe

 

[SamranAli]

india getting money in the name of poverty and using it buying weapons...shame.

 

[SamantK]

Aid is always a bribe

Not in every case but certainly true in the Indian context..

 

[SpArK]

Aid is always a bribe

Its not always bribe. The UK aid has helped in many projects in rural India.

EG: DFID - Battling malaria in India
DFID - Changing attitudes in rural India
DFID - A safe arrival for IndiaDFID - India

Department of International aid deals with state governments and it has benefitted people atleast on some smaller scale. After all its free money , so people shouldnt complain without having any idea on how this is working.

 

[--,-'{@]

india getting money in the name of poverty and using it buying weapons...shame.

being a pakistni u saying this ? what they call u ppl ahh! pathological liars do u even know that u are lying to urselves ?

 

[mfreak]

india getting money in the name of poverty and using it buying weapons...shame.

No that is what Pakistan does You take money from the US and use it to buy weapons. We earn our money and then use it

 

[--,-'{@]

you can't take care of your own selfs. the world isn't fooled. look at all the commericals here in the u.s. highlighting poverty in india and asking for donations.

lol commercials abt Indian poverty and asking for donations ? may be it was sponsored by American or some International NGO or even Indian may be, but not GOVT of India sponsored right ?

now compare tht to the add posted on Times Square by pakistan govt, posting dead bhutto's photo to get AID, lol what an emotional atyachaar way to ask for AID donations.

 

[Awesome]

Not in every case but certainly true in the Indian context..

In the worst hit disasters... When people are dying of imminent death... Then too it comes with a lot of strings attached. That's how government's work.

The only one that is not is where the giver doesn't feel the need to advertize their contribution, which may be the case when done by individuals, but not nation states.

There is a tradition that narrates Prophet Muhammad saying that:

"There are seven whom Allah will shade in His Shade on the Day when there is no shade except His Shade: a just ruler; a youth who grew up in the worship of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic; a man whose heart is attached to the mosques; two men who love each other for Allah's sake, meeting for that and parting upon that; a man who is called by a woman of beauty and position (for illegal intercourse), but be says: 'I fear Allah', a man who gives in charity and hides it, such that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives in charity; and a man who remembered Allah in private and so his eyes shed tears.'" (Abu Hurairah & collected in Saheeh al-Bukhari (English trans.) vol.1, p.356, no.629 & Saheeh Muslim (English trans.) vol.2, p.493, no.2248)

There are two reasons why people make a show of all their giving to the poor

1) To extract benefit from the receiver.
2) To incease their own social standing among other givers.

Nation states' aid usually falls in the first category and most other people's in the 2nd.