Tibetan PM expresses gratitude to US for $6 mn aid
Tibetan PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday thanked the US Congress for allocating in its budget $6 million in aid for Tibetans in India.
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Dharamsala: Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday thanked the US Congress for allocating in its budget $6 million in aid for Tibetans in India and Nepal for the 2016 fiscal.
The Congressional budget appropriation bill states that "Economic Support Fund not less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, development, and the resilience of Tibetan communities in India and Nepal".
Notably, the $6 million fund sanctioned this year by the US Congress is a 100 percent increase from the one sanctioned last year.
The US Congress had sanctioned $3 million under a new line item to aid the Tibetan community in India and Nepal last year in its budget.
The Tibetan administration in exile is based here in Himachal Pradesh.
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