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Bilateral Co-operation and Sustainable Finance Division

Major Functions

• Policy relating to Bilateral cooperation
• Bilateral cooperation (ODA and Technical cooperation) with Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, European Union, United States of America, Canada and South Korea
• Economic & Financial/Policy Dialogues with countries, viz. Canada, France, Korea, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America, Japan, China, European Union (EU), Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand
• Matters relating to India Development and Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS) including extension of line of credit thereunder.
• Dealing with proposals submitted by various Ministries/Departments seeking approval of Screening Committee for engaging Consultants through bilateral partners and multilateral organizations
• Short-term foreign training courses upto four weeks duration offered by JICA, SCPTA, MTCP, etc. under Technical Assistance Programme
• Matters relating to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Global Environment Facility (GEF) & Green Climate Fund (GCF),
• Sustainable Finance including International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF)
• Paris Club and G20 matters relating to G20 DSSI & G20 Common Framework

The Bilateral Cooperation and Coordination Division comprises of the following Sections

Bilateral Cooperation & Coordination Division comprises of the following Sections

Sr. No.	Section Name	Joint Secretary / Adviser / Deputy Director General	Director / Deputy Secretary / Joint Director	Under Secretary / Deputy Director
1	Bilateral Policy Coordination & Training	Adviser(BC) Room No.34-B, North Block Tel: 2309 2254 Intercom No: 5051 Email- aparna[dot]bhatia[at]nic[dot]in	Joint Director (BC) Room No. 268-C, North Block Tel: 2309 5772 Email- shikha[dot]dahiya[at]gov[dot]in	Under Secretary Room No. 236, North Block Tel. 23093173 Intercom. 5233 Email- charu[dot]vijay[at]nic[dot]in
2	Rest of EU & EIB
3	U.K. & NORDICS	Adviser(BC) Room No.34-B, North Block Tel: 2309 2254 Intercom No: 5051 Email- aparna[dot]bhatia[at]nic[dot]in	Deputy Secretary (BC) Joint Director (BC) Room No. 268-C, North Block Tel: 2309 5772 Email- shikha[dot]dahiya[at]gov[dot]in	Under Secretary Room No.30, North Block Intercom. 5017 Email- soumitra[dot]motilal67[at]nic[dot]in
4	Indian Development & Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS)
5	Germany & France	Adviser(BC) Room No.34-B, North Block Tel: 2309 2254 Intercom No: 5051 Email- aparna[dot]bhatia[at]nic[dot]in	Joint Director Room No.79A, North Block Intercom: 5200 Email- neeraj[dot]ies[at]nic[dot]in	Under Secretary Room No.236, North Block Tel: 2309 5082 Intercom: 5082 Email- pankaj[dot]gangwar[at]gov[dot]in
6	North America
7	Paris Club and G20 matter Desk	Adviser(BC) Room No.34-B, North Block Tel: 2309 2254 Intercom No: 5051 Email- aparna[dot]bhatia[at]nic[dot]in	Joint Director Room No.79A, North Block Intercom: 5200 Email- neeraj[dot]ies[at]nic[dot]in	Under Secretary Room No.30, North Block Intercom: 5017 Email- soumitra[dot]motilal67[at]nic[dot]in
8	Japan Policy & Partnership	Adviser Room No.62-II, North Block Tel: 23092912 Intercom – 5088 Email- g[dot]sjoshi[at]nic[dot]in	Deputy Secretary Room No. 241B, North Block Tel: 23093167 Intercom: 5741 Email- navjot[dot]singh[at]nic[dot]in	Under Secretary Room No. 273, North Block Tel: 23095149 Intercom: 5149 Email- anisha[dot]xaxa[at]nic[dot]in
9	JICA Projects
10	China & South Korea
11	United Nations and Sustainable Finance Section (UN & SF) Section	Adviser Room No.62-II, North Block Tel: 23092912 Intercom – 5088 Email- g[dot]sjoshi[at]nic[dot]in	Deputy Secretary (UN&SF) Room No.241B, North Block Tel: 23093167 Intercom: 5741 Email- navjot[dot]singh[at]nic[dot]in	Deputy Director Room No. 61, North Block Email- neha[dot]singh91[at]gov[dot]in
	Circulars/Guidelines issued by Bilateral Cooperation Division

Bilateral Policy Coordination and Training Section deals with the following items of work

• Policy matters relating to Bilateral Cooperation.
• Short term foreign training courses upto four weeks duration offered by JICA, SCPTA, MTCP, etc. under Technical Assistance Programme. (Note: The role of BPC&T Section is limited to circulating the course, placing nominations before the Selection Committee in DEA and forwarding the names to the sponsoring agency. Other formalities in respect of officers of DEA such as seeking approval of Secretary, IFD, vigilance clearance, political clearance, etc. are the responsibility of the selected candidate/concerned Division).
• Internal coordination of BC&SF Division excluding matters relating to Sectoral charge and External/Internal Territorial charge specifically assigned to various sections in BC & SF Division.
• Dealing with proposals submitted by various Ministries/Departments seeking approval of Screening Committee for engaging Consultants through bilateral partners and multilateral organisations
• India- Australia Economic Policy Dialogue
• India- New Zealand Economic Policy Dialogue
• Parliament Questions pertaining to BC & SF Division, where the question pertains to more than one bilateral partner.
• Institutions: Nil
• External Territorial Charge: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Somoa, Soloman Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• Ministries/Departments: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
• States: North Eastern States
• Legislations: Nil

Rest of EU and EIB Sectionof Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Development cooperation with European Union
• Matters relating to European Investment Bank (EIB)
• India-EU Macro Economic Dialogue
• Institutions: European Investment Bank
• External Territorial Charge: Rest of Europe (other than European Countries dealt in other sections in B.C. Division), South Africa and Russia.
• Ministries/Departments: None
• States: None
• Legislations: Nil

U.K. & Nordics Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Bilateral cooperation with United Kingdom and NORDICS countries
• India-UK Economic & Financial Dialogue, India- Switzerland Financial Dialogue.
• Development Cooperation with Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK
• Swiss, Norwegian and Irish Aid to NGOs.
• Matters relating to Commonwealth including Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation.
• Coordination of all meetings with representatives from foreign countries under the external territorial charge of UK & NORDICS Section
• Parliament Questions/VIP reference/PMO references on the subjects handled in UK & NORDICS Section
• Institutions : Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK
• External Territorial Charge : United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Netherland and Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Portugal and Spain.
• Ministries/Departments : Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DePWD)
• States : Nil
• Legislations : Nil

India Development & Economic Assistance Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Lines of Credit (LoCs) form an important component of India’s diplomatic strategy and have been very useful in generating goodwill and building long term partnerships. GoI extends Lines of Credit to Developing African and Non-African Countries through Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS). With the approval of the Cabinet, the Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme (IDEAS) have been revamped and continued till 31 March, 2026, or till further review, whichever is earlier.
• LoCs are being operated through Export-Import Bank of India, which raises resources from the market and provides LoCs to recipient Government at concessional rates. GoI backs the LoCs through a Deed of Guarantee in favour of the lending bank to guard against any default by the borrowing Government in payment of interest and principal to the lending bank. GoI also extends interest Equalization Support (IES) to the lending bank for enabling it to lend on concessional terms.

• Policy on Lines of Credit
  • For about four decades, Department of Economic Affairs on behalf of Government of India had been extending Lines of Credit (LOCs) to friendly developing foreign countries. These LOCs were essentially Government to Government Credit Lines as the credit agreement were signed between GoI and the Government of the recipient country.
  • Till 2003-04, the LOCs were from Government to Government. Accordingly, the full amount covered by the LOCs, used to be provided in the Budget. Since, 2003-04, the system has been substituted by extending GoI supported Lines of Credit through Exim Bank of India.
• Classification of Countries
  The countries have been classified into the following three broad categories:
  • Category I : Low and Lower Middle Income (L&LMI) countries for which International Monetary Fund (IMF) has prescribed a minimum binding concessional requirement.
  • Category II : Low and Lower Middle Income (L & LMI) countries for which there is no minimum binding concessional requirement.
  • Category III : Other developing countries.
• IDEAS Guidelines

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Class of Country	Name of Country
Category I	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, Uganda, Republic of Yemen.
Category II	Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Kiribati, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Republic of Cabo Verde, Republic of Congo, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Category III	Other Developing countries.

Germany & France Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Bilateral cooperation with Germany (including loan assistance from KfWand technical cooperation from GIZ)
• Financing of projects under International Climate Protection Initiative of Germany.
• Indo-German Joint Commission on Industrial and Economic Co-operation.
• Indo-German Senior Finance Ministry Officers Meeting.
• Bilateral development cooperation with France through the French Agency for Development (AfD).
• Proposal for French technical assistance under FASEP facility.
• Institutions : KfW,AfD, GIZ
• External Territorial Charge : Germany and France
• Ministries/Departments : Nil
• States : Nil
• Legislations : Nil

North America Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Bilateral cooperation with USA and Canada for economic assistance to India and other territorial matters concerning USA/Canada.
• Technical/grants assistance agreements with U.S.agencies – U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA); and Candian Agency – International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
• Institutions : USAID,USTDA,IDRC
• External Territorial Charge : North American countries (except Mexico), USA & Canada
• Ministries/Departments : Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• States : NIL
• Legislations : Nil

Paris Club and G20 matters Desk of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Matters relating to Paris Club.
• Matters relating to G20 with respect to G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and G20 Common Framework (CF) for debt treatment beyond the DSSI
• Institutions : Paris Club
• External Territorial Charge : Nil
• Ministries/Departments : Nil
• States : None
• Legislations : Nil

Japan (Policy & Partnership) Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Bilateral Development Co-operation with Government of Japan.
• Preparation of Rolling Plan for JICA ODA loan.
• Preparation of Shelf of Projects for JICA loan assistance from Japan
• Preparation for signing of Exchange of Notes and Loan Agreements for ODA loan package.
• Completion of formalities for effectuation of projects selected for JICA ODA loan package.
• All matters relating to the visits of Indian dignitaries to Japan and visits of Missions and foreign dignitaries to India from Japan.
• Processing of the legal opinion for JICA ODA Loan projects.
• India-Japan Strategic Dialogue on economic issues.
• India-Japan Finance Dialogue.
• India-Japan High Level Policy consultations.
• Institutions : Nil
• External Territorial Charge : Japan
• Ministries/Departments : None
• States/UTs : Andaman & Nicobar Island, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
• Legislations : Nil

JICA Projects Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Grant Aid and Technical Cooperation from Japan.
• Missions/visit from JICA for Development Study/Technical Cooperation.
• Government of Japan’s NGOs Programmes.
• Grassroots Funding by Government of Japan
• Green Aid Plan of Government of Japan.
• Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) Programme
• Project/Ministry specific Group Training Programmes offered by JICA.
• Parliament Questions on subjects handled in JICA Projects Section.
• Monitoring of disbursement of ongoing JICA loan assisted projects.
• Coordination work of Japan and Asia Pacific sub-Division.
• Submission of material for Annual Report, website material and External Assistance Brochure.
• Processing of requests of the Project Implementing Agencies for reallocation of funds and extension of the loan agreement for all JICA assisted projects.
• Preparation of BE-RE for all ongoing JICA assisted projects.
• Conducting high level review meetings with line ministries, state governments, project implementing authorities and JICA.
• Dealing with all proposals received from Project Implementing Authorities/Line Ministries.
• All ODA Loan project related overseas training programmes conducted byJICA.
• Institutions : JICA
• External Territorial Charge : None
• Ministries/Departments : None
• States/UT : Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) and Ladakh
• Legislations : Nil

China & South Korea Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Policy matters of Bilateral Development Cooperation with South Korea and China
• India-Korea Finance Ministers’ Meeting
• India – China Financial Dialogue.
• Institutions : Nil
• External Territorial Charge : South Korea, China
• Ministries/Departments : Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
• States/UT : Lakshadweepand Puducherry
• Legislations : Nil

United Nations and Sustainable Finance Section of Bilateral Cooperation Division deals with the following items of work

• Matters relating to Green Climate Fund (GCF) & Global Environment Facility(GEF)
• All matters concerning United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including Programmes or Projects funded out of UNDP Budget
• All matters concerning United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), including Programmes or Projects funded out of UNOPS Budget
• Govt. of India contributions to UN agencies under Pledging Conference and regular Programme of various UN agencies controlled by other Ministries and covered under Pledging Conference
• GOI's contribution to Local UNDP office
• Briefs on Meetings of the UNDP Executive Board, UN ESCAP, UN General Assembly, etc.
• Works related to International Platform of Sustainable Finance (IPSF)
• Matters related to Sustainable Finance, India-UK Sustainable Finance Forum (IUKSFF)
• Institutions : UNDP, UNOPS, GCF, GEF
• Ministries/Departments : NIL
• States : NIL
• Legislation : NIL

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