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India
EXAMPLES OF OUR IMPACT
- USAID has helped India avoid over 110 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions—the equivalent of taking 1 million cars off the road every year, over a period of 13 years.
- USAID helped Indian farmers increase their farm yields by 15 to 20 percent by introducing new technologies and improved production practices.
- USAID contributed to the Government of India's polio eradication efforts by ensuring quality surveillance and improving communication. There were only 41 confirmed cases in 2010, compared with over 600 in 2009.
USAID/INDIA SITE www.usaid.gov/in
CONTACTS
Mission Director
William Hammink
USAID/India
American Embassy
New Delhi - 110 021
Tel: 91-11-2419-8000
India Desk Officer
Monique Nowicki
Tel: (202) 712-1285
Email: mnowicki@usaid.gov
With USAID support, 32,000 women dairy farmers have seen a 25 percent increase in milk production and a significant increase in their incomes. (Photo: USAID/India) Overview
The United States is committed to a strategic partnership with India consistent with its status as a regional power, its performance as a successful free market democracy, and its continuing need to improve conditions for the millions of its citizens who live in poverty. USAID is partnering with India to develop, test, and deploy innovative technologies to address global challenges of food security, climate change, and health.
Programs
Investing in People: Health
USAID supports programs and provides technical assistance in coordination with the Government of India's flagship health programs, including the National Rural Health Mission and the National AIDS Control Program, to help India integrate health services and nutrition to improve maternal, newborn, and child health; stem global disease threats, including HIV/AIDS, polio, and tuberculosis; and improve the delivery of water and sanitation services. More than 7 million children in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand benefit annually from USAID assistance to the Government of India on routine immunizations and vitamin A supplements. Recent data indicate that access to and use of family planning methods has increased more in Uttar Pradesh, a focus state for USAID's family planning program, than in the majority of other states not receiving USAID support.
In line with President Obama's Global Health Initiative and Government of India priorities, USAID and the Government of India recently signed a five-year Health Partnership Program Agreement to improve the health care system and increase access to quality health care.
Investing in People: Clean Energy, Forestry, and Water
The U.S.-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy aims to accelerate innovation in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean technologies. USAID's energy program contributes to making India's energy sector more efficient and sustainable by enhancing the capacity of institutions, government agencies, and individuals. For example, the program helped reduce the power losses of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, the service provider of one of India's largest cities, from 20 percent in 2009 to about 13 percent in 2010. The Partnership for Land Use promotes forest conservation, improved forest management, agro-forestry, and reforestation efforts. A new initiative, the Water Analysis, Innovations, and Systems Program, is building on the successes of other water supply and sanitation investments to address the role that water plays in poverty reduction and sustainable development. Under one of its city demonstration projects, USAID has helped more than 258,000 people get access to improved drinking water and 24,000 get access to improved sanitation services.
Investing in People: Opportunity and Equity
USAID's basic education programs complement the efforts of the Indian government to provide quality education and skills to disadvantaged children and youth. These programs benefit over 43 million children in 11 Indian states. USAID supports the innovative use of technology to improve the quality of education in Indian public schools, provides educational opportunities to minority children, and engages vulnerable youth in skill development training to help them access jobs. On average, these programs have demonstrated 15–20 percent improvements in learning. USAID recently signed a bilateral agreement with the Government of India to strengthen teaching in the Indian state of Bihar.
Economic Growth: Food Security and Agriculture
In line with the U.S. Feed the Future Initiative, USAID is working closely with the Government of India and the public and private sectors to improve agricultural productivity and increase the availability of food in India, as well as in select countries in Africa. This new trilateral partnership is designed to decrease rural poverty by providing farmers with information on agricultural innovations; helping them with access to markets; improving the nutritional status of rural households, particularly women and adolescent girls; improving natural resource management practices; and adapting agricultural practices to respond to climate change. The project partners aim to identify appropriate technologies or innovations in India and adapt them to African countries.
Additionally, USAID's Agricultural Innovation Partnership is working to reduce poverty and hunger in India and the region by improving farmers' access to the latest innovations and agricultural knowledge, including improved university agriculture curricula and extension. For example, USAID introduced a simple technology that allows farmers to plant seeds without first tilling the land—resulting in an average cost reduction of $112 per acre.
Humanitarian Assistance: Reducing Disaster Risk
To improve disaster response preparedness, U.S. and Indian public and private institutions are working together to help states better prepare for and respond to floods and other natural disasters. USAID-supported training of Indian disaster management professionals enables the sharing of best practices and builds institutional capacity.
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