India, March 1 -- Internal strategy documents accessed by The Sunday Guardian show that a pledge of up to US$50 million, approximately Rs 455 crore at current exchange rates, was earmarked for work in India by the Open Society Foundations headed by controversial billionaire George Soros under the Asia Pacific Regional Office Executive Strategy that was built for 2021-24.

The Asia Pacific Regional Office functions as the regional arm of the Open Society Foundations for the Asia-Pacific region. It develops strategic plans, allocates regional funding and coordinates grant-making and programmatic activities across the region. The strategy document accessed by this newspaper forms part of that regional planning framework.

The document states...