Indian authorities are looking into "deeply troubling" information about U.S. governmental activity in the country, New Delhi said on Friday, after President Donald Trump suggested that a U.S. government agency had spent money trying to influence Indian elections.

The Finance Ministry has revealed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded seven projects in India worth USD 750 million in the financial year 2023-24. Notably, none of these projects were related to enhancing voter turnout,

An announcement by Elon Musk’s DOGE about $21 million funding to India for "voter turnout" sparked a massive political row, with Donald Trump questioning the need for such funding, while Indian leaders disputed the claims.

The Finance Ministry's annual report has revealed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funded seven projects worth USD 750 million in India during the 2023-24 fiscal year. The projects,

US President Trump criticized USAID's $18 million funding to aid India's elections, questioning why such efforts aren’t made to boost voter turnout in

Days after the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced on February 16 that it had “cancelled” USAID funding of “$21 million for voter turnout in India”, the Ministry of External Affairs Friday described it as “very deeply troubling”,