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Sir Alastair Goodlad
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on her Department's current support for health and population projects in India. [31756]
Clare Short
Health and population is a major priority for the Department for International Development (DFID) programme in India. In the current financial year we are spending about £20 million on projects to help improve the effectiveness of Indian health services; to control tuberculosis, HIV and malaria; to improve access to reproductive health care; and to eradicate polio. We are also supporting smaller scale projects through NGOs. In addition, we make a substantial contribution in this field through the European Union and multilateral agencies such as the World Bank.