UK to end financial aid to India

Britain will stop all aid to India in 2015 and the assistance budget will be reduced by around £200 million ($320 million) until then, the international development minister said yesterday.
Justine Greening, who visited Britain's former colony for talks earlier this week, said the move recognises India's "changing place in the world".
The UK's financial support to India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has been a cause of concern among Conservative MPs amid suggestions that funding had ended up supporting prestige projects such as India's space programme.