Abstract
Denmark was engaged in bilateral aid relations with India, extending devel–opmental aid under DANIDA programme for about half a century. This relationship is coming to an end now with Denmark severing bilateral aid connections with India. This process began with India carrying out its nuclear tests on 11 and 13 May 1998. Though the decision to cut off bilateral ties came as a shock to the Indian authorities, New Delhi finally decided to discontinue taking aid from all bilateral donors barring six—Japan, Germany, US, UK, the European Union and Russia. Since the world has a short memory of success stories made possible through aid offered by small donor countries, this article attempts at acknowledging the same. It recognises DANIDA's relatively small, though significant, contributions to development work in India especially in the field of dairy development, health and women's empowerment. DANIDA's bilateral initiatives, though modest in financial terms, left a significant impact on the development scene in India. This article assesses the contribution of the Danish development aid through the Indian lens.
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