High impact Afghanistan projects
India has announced 116 high impact community projects in 31 Afghan provinces. This is in addition to other commitments. For example, its development partnership includes 6 grant aided projects (shatoot dam, drinking water supply, low cost housing, connectivity, national park, manufacturing unit), its governance assistance (institutions building, skill development, education & health) and its strategic engagement includes defense assistance; regional security cooperation incl cross-border terrorism; action against organised crime incl drug trafficking & money laundering; corruption; Chabahar port; and expansion of commercial ties (eg. air corridor, agriculture, space, energy, 5-yr multiple entry business visas).
Africa prefers India's non-interference development model over China
India has speedily completed 20 major projects in Africa. It has since scaled up its presence by agreeing to a new $10-B credit line. It has now shifted to building key infrastructure (like dams, power plants, water supply) as per requirements. AAGC (Indo-Japan initiative) is designed to be collaborative, holistic and in sync with nationally identified needs, ie. it incorporates aspects like rural development, skills development, education & quality of life.
China which started much earlier has received bad press due to their exploitative or imperialist tendencies. For example, credit lines are neither soft (6-8% rates) nor long-term— they are in fact likely to push countries towards a debt trap. Then there is harassment (or undue pressure to change terms or part with national assets), little value addition, migrant workers and focus on China-specific interests like cornering African resources. In a rush to fulfil contracts, Chinese firms have displayed exploitative practices. For example, press has reported shameless exploitation of African workers!!
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India has announced 116 high impact community projects in 31 Afghan provinces. This is in addition to other commitments. For example, its development partnership includes 6 grant aided projects (shatoot dam, drinking water supply, low cost housing, connectivity, national park, manufacturing unit), its governance assistance (institutions building, skill development, education & health) and its strategic engagement includes defense assistance; regional security cooperation incl cross-border terrorism; action against organised crime incl drug trafficking & money laundering; corruption; Chabahar port; and expansion of commercial ties (eg. air corridor, agriculture, space, energy, 5-yr multiple entry business visas).
Africa prefers India's non-interference development model over China
India has speedily completed 20 major projects in Africa. It has since scaled up its presence by agreeing to a new $10-B credit line. It has now shifted to building key infrastructure (like dams, power plants, water supply) as per requirements. AAGC (Indo-Japan initiative) is designed to be collaborative, holistic and in sync with nationally identified needs, ie. it incorporates aspects like rural development, skills development, education & quality of life.
China which started much earlier has received bad press due to their exploitative or imperialist tendencies. For example, credit lines are neither soft (6-8% rates) nor long-term— they are in fact likely to push countries towards a debt trap. Then there is harassment (or undue pressure to change terms or part with national assets), little value addition, migrant workers and focus on China-specific interests like cornering African resources. In a rush to fulfil contracts, Chinese firms have displayed exploitative practices. For example, press has reported shameless exploitation of African workers!!
More: https://plus.google.com/u/1/100789863972538583352
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