India plans to spend about $100 million for thousands of Tamil civilians displaced by a 20 year-conflict in neighouring Sri Lanka.
More than 400,000 civilians fled their homes in the final stages of Sri Lankan military's offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam separatist force. The displaced persons are currently being housed in temporary shelters.
'I propose to allocate five billion rupees for the rehabilitation of the internally displaced people and the reconstruction of the northern and eastern areas of Sri Lanka,' Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his budget speech on Monday.
Analysts said Mukherjee's helping proposal was aimed at appeasing his government's regional Tamil allies. India's Tamil Nadu is the place of origin of millions of Tamil diaspora spread across the world.
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