USAID and Its Involvement In India

Since 1951 the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has led important transformations throughout India by developing its health system while expanding education reform and agricultural production and providing disaster relief and supporting women’s empowerment. The Indo-U.S. development partnership shifted from traditional donor-recipient frameworks to democratic value-based cooperation following mutual strategic strategic interests.

The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump initiated an unexpected 90-day freeze on funding that disrupted this long-enduring partnership during early 2025. The funding freeze initiated by President Donald Trump’s administration through allegations of foreign election interference became the trigger for halting essential programs that helped vulnerable populations while thrusting domestic development architecture to reassess its relation with foreign aid.

The present period of intensified review demands a thorough inspection of USAID’s historical impact in India along with the existing diplomatic challenges as well as projected future partnerships in this changing globally complex political scenario.

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Author : Yashika Prasad