:Foreign aid to India
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The Indian government previously received foreign aid from various nations and international organisations.
Aid received
In 2010, British newspaper The Guardian reported the aid received by India to be less than 1% of its GDP and has declined to take foreign aid recently.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/nov/08/india-aid-economic-development | title=If India doesn't 'need' aid, why do foreign governments still give it? | publisher=The Guardian | date=8 November 2010 | access-date=14 May 2019 | author=Glennie, Jonathan}}
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) compiled and published a data in 2015 indicating that from the period 1946-2012, India has been the recipient of highest aid from United States. The amount of economic aid, adjusted to inflation then, was reported to be USD 65.1 billion.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/India-top-recipient-of-US-economic-aid/articleshow/48093123.cms | title=India top recipient of US economic aid | publisher=Times of India | date=16 July 2015 | access-date=15 May 2019 | author=Rajghatta, Chidanand}}
In 2021, Indian government stated that it had received help from 52 nations during the second wave of COVID-19. {{cite web | title=52 countries helped India during second wave of Covid-19 pandemic: Centre | website=The Times of India | date=2021-07-22 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/52-countries-helped-india-during-second-wave-of-covid-19-pandemic-centre/articleshow/84647250.cms | access-date=2025-01-28}} Countries that provided aid to India during the second wave of COVID-19 included France, China, Ireland, the United States, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Bhutan and others. {{cite web | last=Bhattacherjee | first=Kallol | title=Aid pours in from the world to counter India's COVID-19 second wave | website=The Hindu | date=2021-04-27 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-leads-international-support-to-enable-india-counter-the-covid-19s-deadly-second-wave/article34424416.ece | access-date=2025-01-28}} In 2023, the USAID stated that it had donated {{usd|200}} million for India's COVID-19 relief.{{cite web | title=U.S. Provides Additional Covid-19 Assistance to India | website=U.S. Agency for International Development | date=2023-11-03 | url=https://www.usaid.gov/india/press-release/us-provides-additional-covid-19-assistance-india | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524225332/https://www.usaid.gov/india/press-release/us-provides-additional-covid-19-assistance-india | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 24, 2024 | access-date=2025-01-28}}{{cite web | title=Trump administration suspends all foreign aid, orders review | website=The Hindu | date=2025-01-27 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/trump-administration-suspends-all-foreign-aid-orders-review/article69145464.ece | access-date=2025-01-28}}
In 2025, the US mission in India began reviewing their grants to comply with the executive orders passed by President Donald Trump that suspended all foreign aid. {{cite web | last=Roy | first=Shubhajit | title=After Donald Trump’s order, US mission in India starts ‘review’ of aid | website=The Indian Express | date=2025-01-26 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/after-trumps-order-us-mission-starts-review-of-aid-9799430/ | access-date=2025-01-28}}