5 MoUs signed between India and Afghanistan for Developing Educational Infrastructure

 5 MoUs signed between India and Afghanistan for Developing Educational Infrastructure:

       In Aghanistan's Capital City Kabul 5 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed under the High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP) program. The 5 MoUs consisted of Tripartite Agreements that were signed between the Government of India, Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy and Afghanistan's Ministry of Education.

      The MoUs are as per the commitments of the Government of India in taking forward the bilateral relationship with Afghanistan. In the last 2 decades, development projects wroth USD 3 billion has been undertaken by India at Afghanistan.

   HIDP Program- This program was signed in the year 2005 under which the Government of India has committed to providing financial support to more than 550 HICDP across Afghanistan. The financial support extended under HICDP was of USD 200 million.

    To date, under the support of the program, 587 HICDP have been completed across various provinces of Afghanistan.

     The 5 MoUs signed is worth USD 2.6 million. These funds will be used towards the development of educational infrastructure in 5 provinces of Afghanistan. The provinces are Kapisa, Farah, Nuristan, Parwan and Badakhsha.