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US treats India as frontline state against terrorism, increases aid

T V Parasuram in Washington

The United States has allocated $151.185 million as aid for New Delhi in President George Bush's budget for fiscal 2003, with officials saying that India was now being treated as a 'frontline state' in the US's war against terrorism.

In the budget, focussed heavily on counter-terrorism, Pakistan gets $305 million, more than double the amount to India, presumably because of its economic condition and for permitting the US use of its facilities in its anti-terror war.

Both countries got $50 million each as military assistance compared to nothing last year.

The rest of the money comes under various heads.

Among other things, the budget has proposed $25 million dollars to promote energy efficiency, strengthen local governance, enhance openness in India's emerging market economy, and improve disaster preparedness.

America's war against terror

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