International Development written question – answered am ar 9 Gorffennaf 2009.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to which projects in Orissa his Department is providing assistance.
Michael Foster
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development
The Department for International Development (DFID) is currently providing assistance to four projects in Orissa:
£32.75 million to the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods programme, to improve livelihood opportunities for poor people (2000-10);
£9.76 million to the Orissa Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods programme to improve the access of tribal communities to livelihoods, food security and water and sanitation (2005-10);
£50 million to the Orissa Health Sector Programme to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, infectious diseases and malnutrition (2007-12);
£7.5 million to the Industrial Policy Resolution Project to improve the climate for socially and environmentally responsible investment and enterprise development in Orissa (2003-09).
In addition to these four programmes, Orissa also benefits from DFID's support to national level programmes and civil society partnerships.
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