The Indo-Norwegian Project was Norway's first foreign aid development project. The project was first established in Neendakara, near Quilon, Kerala, in 1953; its aim was the modernisation of fisheries in Kerala. It also included improvements in health, sanitation, and water supply, including building a water pipe factory. The project was moved to Ernakulam in 1961 and started focusing on fisheries only. At Ernakulam, an ice plant and workshop with a slipway for fishing vessels were built. Between 1952 and 1972, Norway gave technical and financial assistance worth 120 million Norwegian kroner to India. See also India–Norway relations References
Further reading Arne Martin Klausen: Kerala fishermen and the Indo-Norwegian pilot project. Prio Monographs from the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (published for Scandinavian University Books), 1968.