Give And Take
The Japanese have been helping India get several large projects off the ground on reasonable terms
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the government body that coordinates the official development assistance (ODA) given by Japan to other nations, has an illustrative map to provide a glimpse of projects in India that it is supporting. One glance is enough to make you realise the extent of its help. Of the 29 states in India, 25 have projects that have got financial assistance, almost all soft loans, from Japan. With accumulated soft loan commitment of Rs 3,00,000 crore (till 2017/18), India is JICA's largest development partner in the world. "India was the biggest recipient of Japanese ODA last year
