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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Bharat and Zimbabwe have a long history of close and cordial relations. During the era of the Munhumutapa Kingdom, Indian merchants established strong links with Zimbabwe, trading in textiles, minerals and metals. Sons of the royal house of Munhumutapa journeyed to Bharat to broaden their education. In the 17th century, a great son of Zimbabwe, Dom Miguel - Prince, Priest and Professor, and heir to the imperial throne of the Mutapas lived in Goa. An inscribed pillar stands today at a chapel in Goa, a tribute to his intellectual stature.

 
 

Knowledge Creation & Sharing

Capacity Building

Assistance to Zimbabwe under the ITEC  programme has been a regular feature of Bharat’s assistance to Zimbabwe for capacity building. ITEC is a successful and much sought-after programme in Zimbabwe. Starting with 3 Zimbabweans in 1985, over 1400 Zimbabweans have been trained in short-term civilian courses in Bharat under the ITEC programme. ITEC and ICCR scholarships are popular among Zimbabweans.

Grants & Concessional Finance

  • Bharat gave an assistance of 50,000 tonnes of rice in 2003 when Zimbabwe experienced severe drought. Another similar assistance of 500 tonnes of rice was given on March 2015.
  • Bharat granted US$ 5 million for promoting SMEs [IndoZim Technology Centres] in Zimbabwe, a project inaugurated in August 2008. The final phase of the project was completed in February 2013. 
  • Bharat set up three ‘Hole-In-The-Wall’ computer learning stations in 2012. 
  • Bharat extended a grant of US$ 1 million and announced an aid of 500 tons of rice to the Govt. of Zimbabwe on in August 2016, in response to the international appeal made by Zimbabwe in the wake of national drought disaster.
  • Bharat again extended a grant of US $ 1 million to Zimbabwe on 1st June, 2017 in response to the 2016-17 flood disaster international appeal made by the Government of Zimbabwe. The donation of 500 metric ton rice to the Govt. of Zimbabwe arrived in Harare and handed over to the concerned authorities in November 2017.
  • Bharat established Vocational Training Centre under IFAS-1 at a cost of US$ 1 million under Grant of GOI. The Centre was inaugurated in February 2019.
  • Under the EXIM Bank of India ’s Buyer’s Credit Agreement worth USD 49.92 million, M/s. Ashok Leyland Ltd . supplied around 635 vehicles and spare parts to the Ministry of Tourism & Hospitality Industry in October, 2015. Under the similar facility from EXIM Bank of India, BEML Ltd , Bharat supplied worth USD 13.03 million mining equipment and blast hole drill and spare parts to Hwange Colliery Company Ltd. , Zimbabwe. The mining equipment were commissioned in June 2015.
  • In November 2018, the following announcements were made: US$ 310 million line of credit [LOC] for upgradation of Hwange Thermal Power Station, additional US$ 23 million LOC for rehabilitation of Bulawayo Thermal Power Plant [taking the total amount to US$ 110 million] and an additional US$ 19.5 million LOC for Deka Pumping & River Water Intake System [taking the total to US$ 48.1 million]; 
  • Grant for construction of Mahatma Gandhi Convention Centre, US$ 2.93 million grant for upgradation of Indo-Zim Technology Centre and gifting of 10 Indian made ambulances, gifting of lifesaving drugs and deputation of experts in five specialized areas.
  • Bharat gifted emergency medicines worth US$ 2.2 million in 2019-2020 as also 1000 MT of rice.  Further a consignment of 75,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, COVAXIN , and a consignment of 10 state of the art ambulances were gifted in 2021.  MOS V. Muraleedharan also gifted anti-TB medicines worth about US$ 100,000 during his visit in June 2022. 
  • HMT machines  [mostly computer numerical controlled (CNC)] under Phase-2 of the US$ 29.1 million Indo-Zim Technology Centre, project was handed over in 2019. MOS V. Muraleedharan, along with Minister of Higher & Tertiary Education Prof. Amon Murwira, commissioned the new CNC machines at the Indo-Zim Technology Centre at the HIT Campus in Harare. 
  • Bharat provided US$ 1 million to Zimbabwe in 2021 for climate resilient agriculture in the districts of Chiredzi and Mangwe through the India UN Development Partnership Fund.
  • In August 2022, Bharat handed over a sewing machine to the First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, from the consignment of 950 sewing machines being provided to the Angel of Hope Foundation, being run under the patronage of the First Lady. 
  • Bharat gifted emergency medicines worth US$ 2.2 million in 2019-2020. Further a consignment of 75,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, and a consignment of 10 state of the art ambulances were gifted in 2021. Bharat also gifted anti-TB medicines worth about US$ 100,000 in June 2022. It may be noted that Zimbabwe was the first country in Africa to authorized use of Covaxin.
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