India and Japan are very close strategic partners with relationship deeply rooted in historical linkages and more importantly, structurally free from any political impediment. Both considered each other ‘indispensable partner’ with shared values of democracy and the market economy. There is a great synergy between two countries today in the Indo-Pacific and global level. Development cooperation between the two countries is an important component of the Japan-India Special Strategic Global Partnership. In fact, Japan is India’s one of the oldest and most important development partners and India is one of the largest recipients of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA).
Japanese ODA act as a catalyst in accelerating economic development, particularly in the areas like power, transportation, and environmental projects. According to Government of India, the ODA plays an important role in transforming India through various infrastructure projects that are taken up and that are envisaged