UK to end financial aid to India by 2015

[joebloggs]

The UK is to end financial aid to India by 2015, international development secretary Justine Greening has said.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20265583

[Dedworth]

Good news and follow it up with striking a lot more countries off the handout list.

No need to phase it out why not end of this year or better still end of this week.

As expected not an ounce of gratitude from the Indian Foreign Minister for the billions hurled at them over the years.

[stevie c]

It shouldn't be stopped in 2015 it should be stopped tomorrow

[fred]

One of our local roads here has just been refurbished by Ausaid (Australia) to the tune of 18 Million Pesos!! Keep the funds coming,I say!!

[bigmarco]

All we here about these days is about India being on the up and the huge potential to make money there. Even talk of British born Indians emigrating there because of the opportunities that are opening.
So what the are we handing the ungrateful £227m a year for. Stop it tomorrow morning not 2015

[imagine]

stop it yesterday yesteryear and backdate it

[Arthur Little]

India was the biggest recipient ... receiving an average of £227m a year in direct financial support over the past three years.

... for turban aid?

Over the top!

[andy222]

How long will it be before all of Jaguar moves to India or china?

[fred]

Hopefully,between Ausaid and UKAN (UK aid network) I can apply to get my access road fixed.. Its 400 meters long for crying out loud!
Help me UKAN, Ausaid !!





http://www.ukan.org.uk/index.php?id=18
http://www.australia.com.ph/mnla/Ausaid.html

[grahamw48]

One of our local roads here has just been refurbished by Ausaid (Australia) to the tune of 18 Million Pesos!! Keep the funds coming,I say!!

The Australians also re-built the railway line between Manila and Naga...originally laid by the British, so I was told.

[Iani]

Yes great. Give millions of British taxpayers money to India - a country which spends a huge amount on military and developing nuclear weapons because they hate their neighbours.

Good call

[grahamw48]

See the prog on TV tonight about our millions that are disappearing into Rwanda ...whilst we're also paying to guard their former citizens in this country who've spoken out about corruption etc in Rwanda.... from Rwandan govt. assassins sent over here to silence them ?

[philphil61]

Just makes me sick £200m to invest in India so they can make cheap clothes and crap to send back here - wouldn't it be better invested in our own clothing factories.

And (as bigmarco pointed out) because India is doing so good now - Indian's now living in UK are looking at returning to India because "the huge potential to make money there"

[raynaputi]

One of the countries I won't ever visit..

[Dedworth]

One of the countries I won't ever visit..

Seconded

[bigmarco]

Seconded

Certainly not on my must visits before I die

[stevewool]

should have stopped it years ago as others have said