India

Saving Lives

Results to 30 June 2012

• Decline in new HIV/AIDS infections among intravenous drug users, due to an increase in the number of HIV/AIDS counselling centres in Northeast India from 219 to 421 between March 2009 and August 2011. Of these, 105 provide round-the-clock assistance.
• Increased the number of people registered for anti-retroviral HIV/AIDS treatment from 20,500 to 33,531 (63 per cent increase) between December 2009 and November 2011.
• An additional 1,883 people were given access to improved water sources in Uttarakhand.
• Establishment of Service Level Benchmarking for performance-based grants in the water and sanitation sector for India’s Finance Commission, which will apply to US$1.7 billion in grants to local government bodies.

Commitments 2012– 13

• Improve prevention and care in HIV/AIDS in Northeast India through support for State AIDS Control Societies.
• Improve water and sanitation services for 23 slums in New Delhi.
• Contribute to the construction of 577,864 Individual Household Latrines in Uttarakhand, which will increase sanitation coverage to 80 per cent of households.
• Support for increased access to basic sanitation from 60 per cent to 90 per cent of households in the Punjab district.
• Contribute to increasing the number of people with access to safe water from 753,100 to 2,280,000 in the Punjab district.
• Increase awareness of hygiene practices, water collection, storage and handling practices in Punjab and Uttarakhand.

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Promoting opportunities for all

Results to 30 June 2012

• Improved access, equity and quality of the management of nationwide secondary education services, through improved financing and governance arrangements in the education sector.
• Improved quality of education services, through the first roll-out of the OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment in India. This assessment compared 5000 secondary students with counterparts across 70 countries in numeracy and literacy skills.
• Provision of 7 tertiary scholarships to Indian recipients (5 men, 2 women). 65 short-term scholarships, including ALA Fellowships (21) and Endeavour awards (37).

Commitments 2012–13

• Improve livelihoods of 228,000 households in Eastern Plateau through better water management and improved cropping systems.
• Recruit and train an additional 40 field apprentices to work with community groups over the coming years to introduce better farming practices

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Sustainable economic development

Results to 30 June 2012

• Supported six Indian Government departments to implement action plans in renewable energy and water resource management. This has helped the Indian Government meet its goals in the National Climate Change Action Plan and National Water Mission.
• Improved seed varieties and helped farmers to establish income-earning nurseries in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry through a partnership between CSIRO and the Indian Institute of Forests Genetics.
• Improved wheat varieties in northwest India through cooperation between Sydney University and the Agharkar Research Institute.

Commitments 2012–13

• Increase the use of renewable energy in rural India through piloting Solar-Gas renewable technology.
• Implement climate change adaptation measures in the flood prone area of Orissa and a drought vulnerable region of Madhya Pradesh.
• Improve water resource management in the Ganges Basin through enhancing the technical and policy capacity of the Indian Government.
• Support India to establish a national training program on climate change for the Indian Civil Service.

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Effective governance

Results to 30 June 2012

• Improved the capacity of four state governments to provide financial support to local bodies like municipalities by training them on better methods of data collection and analysis.
• Training of 180 public servants (63 of these women) through the public sector linkages program, in three areas: anti-money laundering, agriculture and renewable energy.

Commitments 2012–13

• Improve community development and financing arrangements for the delivery of services.

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Australian ODA to India, 2002–03 to 2011–12 ($m)

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The graph above shows the Australian Official Development Assistance to India, including AusAID funding and funding by Other Government Departments (OGD).

The exact values are as follows:

• 2001–02: AusAID $15,326,894 OGD $2,518,864
• 2002–03: AusAID $13,699,626 OGD $2,173,154
• 2003–04: AusAID $14,119,156 OGD $2,963,353
• 2004–05: AusAID $14,585,305 OGD $2,648,051
• 2005–06: AusAID $6,930,177 OGD $3,102,943
• 2006–07: AusAID $3,815,211 OGD $3,158,419
• 2007–08: AusAID $6,519,732 OGD $6,505,692
• 2008–09: AusAID $8,492,008 OGD $5,336,389
• 2009–10: AusAID $12,140,257 OGD $8,378,156
• 2010-11: AusAID $16,885,443 OGD $9,948,682
• 2011–12: AusAID $17,299,871 OGD $9,348,485
• 2012–13: AusAID $10,169,149 OGD $6,963,120

Australian ODA to India by strategic goal, 2009–10 to 2012–13 (%)

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The graph above shows Australian Official Development Assistance to India by strategic goal.

The exact values are as follows (%):

• 2012–13
  Saving lives: 17
  Promoting opportunities for all: 24
  Sustainable economic development: 30
  Effective governance: 29
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 0
  Cross cutting: 1
• 2011–12
  Saving lives: 33
  Promoting opportunities for all: 17
  Sustainable economic development: 41
  Effective governance: 9
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 0
  Cross cutting: 1
• 2010–11
  Saving lives: 45
  Promoting opportunities for all: 15
  Sustainable economic development: 27
  Effective governance: 10
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 0
  Cross cutting: 3
• 2009–10
  Saving lives: 25
  Promoting opportunities for all: 19
  Sustainable economic development: 34
  Effective governance: 17
  Humanitarian and disaster response: 0
  Cross cutting: 5

Other ODA in Whole of Government 2010–11 to 2011–12 ($'000)

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The graph above shows the Australian Official Development Assistance to India by Other Government Departments.

The exact values are as follows:

• State and Territories
  2010-11: $891,400. 2011-12: $881,000.
• Sustainability, Environment, Water Population and Community
  2010-11: $0. 2011-12: $5,200.
• Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
  2010-11: $0. 2011-12: $1,005,500.
• Prime Minister & Cabinet
  2010-11: $1,014,400. 2011-12: $68,000.
• Industry, Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary Education
  2010-11: $2,145,700. 2011-12: $2,134,100.
• Health and Ageing
  2010-11: $228,300. 2011-12: $621,700.
• Foreign Affairs and Trade
  2010-11: $37,400. 2011-12: $56,800.
• Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  2010-11: $2,424,400. 2011-12: $866,100.
• Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
  2010-11: $45,000. 2011-12: $0.
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
  2010-11: $3,117,600. 2011-12: $3,540,200.
• Attorney-Generals, Customs and Border Protection
  2010-11: $44,600. 2011-12: $24,200.
• Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
  2010-11: $0. 2011-12: $145,700.

Research overview

Research funded by AusAID targets some of South Asia’s most important development challenges. For more information about AusAID-funded research on the region, visit the South Asia research page.

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