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o the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project;

o the Trilateral Highway Project, which is an East-West corridor connecting our Northeast with Myanmar and Thailand;

o the Rhi-Tiddim road;

o supply of Bailey bridges;

o assistance for border area development in the Naga Self Administered Zone by financing bridges, roads, schools and small health centers;

o assistance in setting up institutions for higher learning and research, namely Myanmar Institute of Information Technology, Advance Centre for Agricultural Research and Education, Myanmar-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Myanmar-India Centre for English Language Training, India-Myanmar Industrial Training Centres, assistance in public health by supporting upgradation of Yangon Children's Hospital,

Sittwe General Hospital etc.

Disaster Relief: India has responded promptly and effectively to assist Myanmar in humanitarian relief operations following natural calamities like Cyclone Mora (2017), Komen (2015), Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and earthquake in Shan Statein 2010.

On 20 December 2017, India and Myanmar an MoU, as a government-to-government (G2G) agreement on long-term socio-economic development of Rakhine, with US$ 25 million commitment from India.