Replying to the query on the names and details of beneficiaries including NGOs and individuals who have received USAID funds, he said, “We have also sought information about NGOs through whom various initiatives may have been executed. However, such details are yet to be provided by the US side.”Publicly available information about beneficiary individuals / organisations has also been redacted in certain cases apparently in line with the exceptions outlined in the U.S. Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016, the minister noted.The minister said that on January 20, 2025, the US President signed an Executive Order (EO) initiating a review of all US foreign assistance programs to ensure that they are efficient and consistent with U.S. foreign policy.After a six-week review by DOGE, the US Secretary of State announced that the government is officially cancelling 83% of the programs of USAID or about 5,200 contracts that spent billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, and in some cases harmed, the core national interests of the United States.
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