US President Donald Trump defended the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) decision to cancel a $21 million fund designated for "voter turnout" in India.
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00:00We're giving 21 million dollars for voter turnout, it's voter turnout in India. What about like voter turnout here?
00:07What? US was giving India 21 million dollars to support voter turnout?
00:11Matlab world ki biggest democracy ko voters ko ghar se bahar nikalne ke liye America se paisa lene padhte hain?
00:16Yeh chakkar kya hai?
00:17Maine toh vote diya tha, mujhe paise kyu nahi mila?
00:20I'm sure you are also confused, but if Trump Baba is saying it, it must be true.
00:23So let's try to understand what is this whole issue.
00:25Hi, I'm Nishant Shekhar and you are watching Politico.
00:30So basically to save its country's money, US ke Department of Government Efficiencies or DOGE as it is called, decided to cut wasteful expenditure.
00:41Bahot kharcha ho raha hai, kam kiya jaaye.
00:42So they decided to reduce US aid agency funding to other countries and in that process they decided to cut financial support previously allocated to India to increase voter turnout.
00:50But sawal yeh hai ki paisa milta kisko tha?
00:53Government ko, election commission ko ya seeda public ko?
00:56And the answer is none of the above.
00:57Rasal, this money was given to one non-profit organization, jiska naam tha Consortium for Election and Political Process Strengthening or CEPPS.
01:04We tried to check details of this organization on their website, but udhar Trump ne bola paise bandh, toh inhone apna website hi bandh kar diya.
01:10Yes, this website is offline now, matlab daya kuch toh gadbad hai.
01:13Idhar jaise hi DOGE ne reveal kiya ki India ko 21 million dollars US aid se milte hain, India me BJP aur Congress ka boxing match shuru ho gaya.
01:19Amit Malia called it external affairs and asked who gained out of it?
01:22Toh Congress se Priyank Khargiri tweet kar diya, aapki hi Smriti toh US aid ki Ambassador thi.
01:28Not just Smriti Irani, Jai Sankar ne bhi 2022 me US aid administrator ke saath apne images share kiye the.
01:34But what is more funny is that USAID is giving money to boost voter turnout in India, jabki unka khud ka voter turnout India se bhi no hai.
01:40Yes, US presidential election me voter turnout was 63.9%, jabki India me 2024 general elections me 66.1% voting hui thi.
01:49And not just that, India also spent more than the US in the electoral process in 2024.
01:53Yes, India spent nearly 16.3 billion dollars on the 2024 general election, jabki US presidential election ka total cost 15.9 billion dollar hi tha.
02:02Aur yeh hume paise de rahe hain, aur paisa bhi kitna 21 million dollar, matlab karib 180 crore rupay, khud hi rakh lo yaar.
02:11After independence, India has been receiving development and humanitarian assistance from the US since 1951 when both the countries signed the India Emergency Foods Assistance Act.
02:20According to the USAID website, USAID se India me kai agricultural universities and IITs established hua hain.
02:25Many Indian national programs like immunization, family planning, maternal and child health, HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis and polio have been funded by USAID.
02:32But USAID ke support me kai conditions attached hote the.
02:35For example, 1965 me US gave India 67 billion dollar to build chemical fertilizer, but condition rakha gaya ki American company should be in charge of its distribution.
02:43So in 2004, the Indian government decided to reject any foreign aid that comes with conditions.
02:48Now this has led to a decline in the quantum of such assistance.
02:512024 me USAID obligation stood at 141 million dollar which was down from 208 million dollar in 2001.
02:58Waise toh abhi bhi Indian government USAID se kai programs ke liye assistance leti hai, but the amount is too less.
03:02And it is believed that India can easily manage without it in near future.
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