USA and India to Launch Gandhi-King Development Foundation by October

The United States and India will establish the Gandhi-King Development Foundation by October. This partnership aims to tackle global development challenges by utilizing both public and private resources. The foundation will focus on climate change, tuberculosis, water and sanitation, air pollution, education, and women's economic empowerment.

The United States and India have announced the formation of the Gandhi-King Development Foundation by October, symbolizing a groundbreaking partnership aimed at addressing global development challenges, according to a statement from the US Embassy.

The foundation will operate in India, leveraging both public and private sector resources to advance national and global development goals, focusing on issues like climate change, tuberculosis, water and sanitation, air pollution, education, and women's economic empowerment.

This development followed a Statement of Intent signed on June 17 by senior officials from both nations. The foundation builds upon the US Congress's Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act passed in December 2020. The act authorized USAID to create the foundation, which will honor the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.