SBI-UK DFID invest in India's SunSource EnergyFounded in 2010, the company’s turnover has been rising at a compounded growth rate of nearly 200 percent year-on-year.
UK still giving India millions in aid: ReportThe Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), which audits tax-payer funded spending by the British government, said the UK continued t...
HSBC cuts ties with UK Islamic charity over 'terror' fearsThe decision, which has not been made public before, has upset the charity, that receives millions of pounds from the UK's Department for I...
Britain set to end aid to IndiaThe British government is set to cut millions of pounds in aid to India as the two countries develop "a new kind of relationship" centered ...
British government's funding arm DFID to provide 230 million pound for Bengal's SME sectorDFID would provide an assistance of 230 million pound (about Rs 2,400 crore) in the form of loans for providing finance to the SME sector i...
British MPs question cutting bilateral aid to IndiaThe UK, meanwhile, has increased its support for Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia among others.
- DFID to roll out project on family planning in Odisha
DFID has agreed to roll out a reproductive health framework project worth Rs 40 crore to address the need for family planning in Odisha.
- UK crime agencies to fight overseas corruption
The DFID is a government department that aims at promoting sustainable development and eliminating world poverty.
- NHB to raise $600 million from World Bank, DFID and Japan Bank to promote low-cost housing
NHB is looking to raise $300 mn from World Bank and $200 mn from DFID. It may draw another 36 million euro from Germany's KfW.
Foreign aid: Provide risk capital to private sector for difficult projects, says Andrew Mitchell, GPEDC"We have transformed the India programme to reflect India’s growing resources", says Andrew Mitchell, Co-chair of GPEDC.
India making good progress on reducing poverty: UKBritain today said India was making "good progress" on reducing poverty, and listed the areas where British aid was making a difference.
- British assurance for cooperation with WB Govt
UK has assured all cooperation to WB CM Mamata Banerjee, besides continuing funding from Development for International Development (DFID) f...
- DFID grants Rs 240 crore for Orissa's nutrition programme
DFID will give a grant of 45 mn pounds to civil society programmes to fight against discrimination and support Orissa, Bihar and Madhya Pra...
- DFID grants Rs 240 crore for Orissa’s nutrition programme
Department for International Development [DFID] will provide Rs 240 crore to Orissa to support its ongoing nutrition programme.
- DFID grants Rs 240 cr for Orissa's nutrition programme
Impressed by the Naveen Patnaik government’s success rate in reaching out the deprived children and adults in providing required nutrition,...
- Orissa to get Rs 300 crore from DFID for health infrastructure
Orissa government will soon receive a grant of Rs 300 crore from DFID for developing health infrastructure, mostly in remote and inaccessib...
- Orissa freezing 50k jobs
BHUBANESWAR: Describing the state’s fiscal situation as “grim”, the Orissa government today said it was freezing 50,000 posts and taking aw...