No USAID Funding For Voter Turnout: FinMin report

New Delhi: Amid a raging political controversy over USAID’s alleged role in influencing Indian elections, the latest annual report of the Union Finance Ministry has disclosed that the agency funded seven projects worth $750 million in 2023-24.

“Currently, seven projects worth a total budget of $750 million are being implemented by USAID in partnership with Government of India,” as per the Finance Ministry annual report for 2023-24. For the financial year 2023-24, an obligation of a total of $97 million (Rs825 cr) has been made by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) under the seven projects, it said.

The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the Finance Ministry, which is the nodal department for bilateral funding arrangements, has also shared the details of projects funded in 2023-24 in the report.