UK Aid to India

[rd409]

Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian finance minister, said in February that Delhi did not need British aid but had agreed to accept the aid under pressure from Britain.

So what can UK spend £140m on?

UK plans to cut aid to India

[vetran]

cutting ICT abuse

[speling bee]

How many IR35 investigations will that pay for?

[alreadypacked]

So what can UK spend £140m on?

UK plans to cut aid to India

Most of the "Aid" is in the form of goods like trucks etc that would require India to purchase parts etc from the UK company. The EU have complained for years that this is a form of government support to UK companies.

[DimPrawn]

So what can UK spend £140m on?

UK plans to cut aid to India

We could put it down as a deposit on a BTL house in London.

BBC News - London's most expensive house yet, at £300m?

[Paddy]

The only aid given to third world countries should be for contraception, they only problem in the world is the excessive human population which is destroying the planet

Well said 'happyhorse'

[xoggoth]

this is a form of government support to UK companies

Good. Precisely the sort of self interested "aid" that China is now supplying to Africa with considerable benefit to some African GDPs. Proper trade does far more good than a lot of idealistic measures like mosquito nets etc that only boost the population and do nothong to address real economic problems.

[PorkPie]

Tax cuts!

(£3 each per tax payer)

[Ignis Fatuus]

Most of the "Aid" is in the form of goods like trucks etc that would require India to purchase parts etc from the UK company. The EU have complained for years that this is a form of government support to UK companies.

Exactly. That's why the British government had to ask the Indian government to continue accepting our "aid".

[BrilloPad]

Lets just give it to some bankers.