New Delhi - With India's global profile growing, the government Friday hiked budgetary outlay for the external affairs ministry from Rs.7,106 crore (around $1.4 billion/Rs.71.06 billion) to Rs.9,661.97 crore ($1.9 billion/Rs.96.61 billion), an increase of 36 percent.
This amounts to an increase of Rs.2,555.97 crore (around $500 million) over the previous financial year.
As India plans to open more missions in Africa and Latin America, the outlay for 'embassies and missions' has been hiked from Rs.1,364.08 crore ($261 million) to Rs.1,526.23 crore ($305 million).
The expenditure for upgrading passport and emigration infrastructure has been increased from Rs.402.60 crore ($80 billion approx) to Rs.583.73 crore ($116 billion approx).
In view of India's growing stakes in neighbouring countries, the government has hiked aid to Afghanistan from Rs.290 crore ($58 million) to Rs.707 crore ($141 million).
Aid for Nepal has gone up from Rs.150 crore ($30 million) to Rs.270 crore ($54 million). For Myanmar, there is a substantial increase from Rs.190 crore ($38 million) billion to Rs.302.21 ($60 million) crore.
Aid to African countries has nearly doubled from Rs 150 crore ($30 million) to Rs 250 crore ($50 million).
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