India and Bhutan have approved 61 projects worth Rs.4,958 crore to be implemented during the Himalayan country's 13th five-year plan, for which New Delhi is providing Rs.10,000 crore as development support and were approved during the India-Bhutan Development Cooperation Talks co-chaired by foreign secretary Vikram Misri and his Bhutanese counterpart Pema Choden in Thimphu.
The projects, cover sectors such as connectivity, infrastructure, energy, health, education, capacity building, industrial parks, sports, digital economy, e-mobility, and space technology. India had doubled its financial support for Bhutan's five-year plan in March. The two foreign secretaries virtually inaugurated 19 schools that were built during the 12th five-year plan.
The Bhutan government informed the Indian side about activities proposed to be taken up under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). In line with a request from the Bhutan government, the Indian side agreed to 'positively consider frontloading the full amount' of Rs.1,500 crore for the ESP in the first one-and-half years, subject to progress in implementing the proposals.
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