Britain is preparing to end its aid programme to a booming India and is unlikely to renew its commitment after 2015, a media report today said.
Andrew Mitchell, the international development secretary, has made it clear that his department’s 1.6 billion pounds programme for the former colony is in its final phases and will be wound up as the Indian economy booms and its own efforts to alleviate poverty become increasingly effective, The Sunday Times said.
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