Elon Musk’s DOGE Team Uncovers $21 Million Taxpayer-Funded Grant Allocated to “Voter Turnout in India” — India’s Ruling Party Responds
The United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk, has axed a controversial $21 million taxpayer-funded grant that was designed to boost “voter turnout in India.”
This allocation was merely a fragment of a staggering $486 million budget under the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening” initiative approved during the Biden regime.
But that wasn’t all. DOGE’s latest findings revealed that another $29 million had been designated for “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh”, a country that recently witnessed significant political upheaval amid allegations of U.S. ‘deep state’ involvement in orchestrating the removal of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to NDTV.
The Musk-led department confirmed that several other overseas projects funded by U.S. taxpayers have also been axed.
Below is the full list:
- $486 million to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening”, including:
- $22 million for an “inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova
- $21 million for voter turnout efforts in India
- $47 million for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
- $40 million for a “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
- $32 million to the Prague Civil Society Centre
- $29 million for “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh“
- $20 million for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
- $19 million for “biodiversity conservation” in Nepal
- $14 million for “social cohesion” in Mali
- $14 million for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
- $10 million for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
- $9.7 million for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise-driven skills”
- $2.5 million for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa“
- $2.3 million for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia“
- $2 million to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt“
- $1.5 million for “voter confidence” in Liberia