This article covers India's development partnership with Guyana: lines of credit and grant projects, training under ITEC, scholarships and online education, assistance during COVID-19, and India's offer of assistance to CARICOM countries. It is based on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral brief of June 2026. Amounts and slot numbers are given exactly as the brief states them.

Lines of credit and grants

According to the MEA brief of June 2026, India has extended concessional lines of credit through EXIM Bank for over US$ 150 million. The brief lists projects including:

  • Modernization of Sugar Plants
  • Construction of a Cricket Stadium, with a grant of US$ 6 million and an LOC of US$ 19 million
  • Installation of Solar Traffic Lights (US$ 2.1 million)
  • Purchase of pumps (US$ 4 million)

The other ongoing LoC projects listed in the brief are:

  • East Bank-East Coast Road Linkage Project, under an LoC of US$50 million
  • Acquisition of an Ocean Ferry Vessel, under LoC plus Grant of US$ 7.07 and US$ 5 million
  • Upgradation of the Primary Health Centre at Bartica, under an LoC of US$ 17.5 million
  • Solar Home Lighting System for 30,000 homes in the Hinterland Communities, under an LoC of US$ 7.29 million
  • Supply of two Hindustan 228-201 aircraft from HAL, under an LOC of US$ 23.37 million

An LoC agreement was also signed for a Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, at a cost of US$ 2.5 million.

ITEC training

The brief states that more than 900 Guyanese nationals have so far benefited from ITEC programmes, in streams such as IT, Telecom, Entrepreneurship, Administration, Renewable and Alternate Energy, Banking, Insurance, and Finance including Accounts and Audit.

Civilian ITEC slots allotted to Guyana, as recorded in the brief:

  • 2021-22: 50 slots allotted, while 55 students joined e-ITEC courses
  • 2022-23: 75 slots allotted
  • 2023-24: 110 slots allotted and 132 utilised
  • 2024-25: 110 slots allotted and 80 utilised

The Guyana Defence Force has also been able to train under ITEC, including for Army, Air Force and Navy. The brief records 19 ITEC slots allotted in 2021-22, 38 for 2022-23, 46 for 2023-24 and 44 for 2024-25.

Scholarships and online education

Nine scholarships are being offered to Guyanese students under the Commonwealth Scholarship Plan, and 4 under ICCR scholarship schemes for studying Indian culture.

Two Indian universities, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Jain University, Bangalore (a deemed university), are part of the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL). The brief describes GOAL as the flagship programme of Guyana's Ministry of Education, providing thousands of online scholarships to Guyanese. Texila University, the Sherlock Institute of Forensic Sciences and the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies are also part of GOAL.

COVID-19 and health

Under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, India donated 80,000 doses of Covishield to Guyana on 7 March 2021. In 2020, India also donated USD 1 million to Guyana under the India-UN Development Partnership Fund to upgrade critical healthcare infrastructure to combat COVID-19. The brief says this helped Guyana procure over 34 ventilators, thousands of pieces of protective equipment and emergency care medicines.

The Government of India also provided 30,000 Hydroxychloroquine tablets to the Government of Guyana. Separately, India funded US$ 500,000 to prevent teenage pregnancy in Guyana, in coordination with the UNFPA.

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony visited India at the invitation of Apollo Hospitals to attend the International Health Dialogue on 21-22 February 2025. Guyana joined the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in 2024.

Offer of assistance to CARICOM

At the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit in November 2024, PM Modi offered assistance to CARICOM countries in seven key areas, to build on what the brief calls India's close development partnership and strong people to people ties with the region:

  • capacity building
  • agriculture and food security
  • renewable energy and climate change
  • innovation, technology and trade
  • cricket and culture
  • ocean economy and maritime security
  • medicine and healthcare