Centre going slow with opening new Indian missions in Africa

Central Government appears to be going slow on opening 18 new Indian Diplomatic Missions in Africa due to cost considerations .The missions are to be opened in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland and Togo over a four years period from 2018-2021 thereby increasing the number of Resident Indian Missions in Africa from 29 to 47.