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British aid to India.

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Last broadcast on Fri, 3 Feb 2012, 13:00 on BBC Asian Network.

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At 1, Nihal asks 'Should Britain stop giving aid to India?'

How many of you know that the United Kingdom Government is due to give over a billion pounds worth of aid to India in the next few years? India is the ninth largest economy in the world, they have fabulous growth and more billionaires than the UK. Defenders of the aid programme say that Britain is buying infleunce with the aid but the Indian Air Force has just snubbed Britain to provisionally order billions of pounds worth of fighter aircraft from France.

So if we can't get some trade return from India, why are we sending aid over? Is aid ever without strings-attached? Do India have a trade obligation to the UK? Or do you think it's about time India addressed its own social inequalities from its own coffers?

At 2, Contestants from Sapnay School of Dance talk to Nihal about reaching the finals of Sky's reality TV dance competition 'Got to Dance'.

And if we have time left, was it the right decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy?

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  1. Fri 3 Feb 2012
    13:00

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