Mission Sagar

  • June 8, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Context:

As part of Mission Sagar, INS Kesari has carried a consignment of COVID related essential medicines for the people of Seychelles.

Concept:

  • India launched Mission Sagar as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Indian Naval Ship Kesari has been used to assist Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, to provide Food Items, COVID related Medicines including HCQ Tablets and Special Ayurvedic Medicines with Medical Assistance Teams.
  • This deployment as ‘Mission Sagar’ is in line with India’s role as the first responder in the region and builds on the excellent relations existing between these countries to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant difficulties
  • The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers’ vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ promulgated in March 2015.
  • SAGAR highlights the importance accorded by India to relations with her neighboring countries and further strengthens the existing bond.
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