India has pledged an additional 100 million US Dollar towards the UN partnership fund, significantly scaling up it support to sustainable development projects across the developing world. <br/><br/>This was announced by the Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Anjani Kumar on Monday at the 2017 UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities. <br/><br/>He said this contribution would be in addition to India's contribution of 10.582 million US dollar to various other UN programmes. <br/><br/>Kumar said, of the 5 million US dollar, India contributed to the fund this year, 2 million US dollar would be utilised for reconstruction in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, which took a big hit from hurricanes. <br/><br/>The Counsellor said India believes that the UN should have the necessary resources to finance its activities, in an appropriate and balanced manner. <br/><br/>The India-UN Development Partnership Fund was set up earlier this year as a partnership between India and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). <br/><br/>The first project from the fund is being executed in partnership with seven Pacific Island countries.