UK To End Aid Spending In India By 2015

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The UK will end aid spending in India by the year 2015, AP reports:

Acknowledging the country’s rising wealth and status, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said Britain would change its entire relationship with India — seeking to boost trade as it ends its aid program.

 

Britain offered India about 280 million pounds (US$447 million) in assistance in 2011, focused heavily on education and health programs for impoverished children.

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