The Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project, built with Indian assistance, is located in which country?

Bhutan. The key is Bhutan. The Mangdechhu plant is a 720 MW run-of-river project on the Mangdechhu river in Trongsa district. The Indian and Bhutanese Prime Ministers jointly inaugurated it in August 2019. It was handed over to Druk Green Power Corporation on 27 December 2022. Its commissioning lifted Bhutan's generation capacity by 44 per cent to 2,326 MW. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

Which neighbour has the largest share of the MEA's 2026-27 aid allocation?

Bhutan. Bhutan gets about Rs 2,288 crore, the largest share. Nepal gets Rs 800 crore and the Maldives Rs 550 crore. Bangladesh gets only Rs 60 crore, halved from Rs 120 crore the year before. The MEA got about Rs 22,118 crore in all. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

Which country does the Motihari-Amlekhgunj petroleum pipeline link India with?

Nepal. The pipeline runs about 69 km from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhgunj in Nepal. About 32.7 km lies in India and 36.2 km in Nepal. Reports call it the first of its kind in South Asia. Modi and Nepal's K P Sharma Oli inaugurated it on 10 September 2019. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

Maitri Setu over the Feni river joins Sabroom in India with which place in Bangladesh?

Ramgarh. Maitri Setu links Sabroom in Tripura, India, with Ramgarh in Bangladesh. It is a 1.9 km bridge over the Feni river. It was opened on 9 March 2021. NHIDCL built it at a cost of about Rs 133 crore. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

How is the US$500 million Greater Male Connectivity Project financed?

US$100 million grant and US$400 million Line of Credit. The cost splits into a US$100 million grant and a US$400 million Line of Credit. The project is a 6.74 km bridge and causeway link. It joins Male with Villingili, Gulhifalhu and Thilafushi. The Indian firm Afcons Infrastructure is the contractor. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

Sittwe port in Myanmar, opened in 2023, is the sea end of which India-assisted project?

Kaladan project. Sittwe port was inaugurated on 9 May 2023 as the first Indian cargo ship arrived from Kolkata. It is the sea leg of the Kaladan project. The river leg runs on to Paletwa, and roads then reach Mizoram. The project is funded by an Indian grant of about US$484 million. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

The Afghan-India Friendship (Salma) Dam irrigates land in which Afghan province?

Herat. The Salma Dam irrigates about 75,000 hectares in Herat. It also makes 42 MW of power. Modi and Ashraf Ghani inaugurated it on 4 June 2016. India funded it fully as a grant, at about US$300 million. Read more: India's Neighbourhood Development Projects.

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