The clear impression left to a reasonable person looking at the document is that you and Mr. Singh and the minister must have recommended against this, because the “not” is inserted.
I used to practise law in another life. When you're dealing with $7 million documents, there are initials all over the place when there are any interlineations. There are no initials, there are no signatures, and it appears that somebody tried to make it look as if you were not recommending this grant.