Tag: Maldives

Madagascar substitutes Maldives as host of 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games

December 10, 2020

• Madagascar has taken place the Maldives as the host of the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games because of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The event had been conferred to the Maldives last year, but members of the Indian Ocean Island Games Federation voted to move the Games to Madagascar.

India and Maldives ink four agreements

November 11, 2020

• India and the Maldives have inked four agreements, during the visit of Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to the Maldives. Shringla is on a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago to enhance the relations between the two countries.

India and the Maldives have launched the first-ever direct Cargo Ferry Service

September 23, 2020

• To boost trade between the two countries, India and the Maldives have launched the first-ever direct Cargo Ferry Service which is connected with ports of Tuticorin and Cochin ports with Kulhudhuhfushi and Male ports in the Maldives.

India extends 250 million dollars support to the Maldives

September 20, 2020

• India extends 250 million dollars support to Maldives to overcome the economic impact of Covid-19 to the Maldives government to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

US signed MoU with Maldives for Defense Cooperation Agreement

September 13, 2020

• US signed MoU with Maldives for Defense Cooperation Agreement. The agreement was signed between Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Reed Werner and Maldivian Minister of Defense Mariya Didi in Philadelphia.

A grant of USD 500 million assistance approved by India to Maldives

August 14, 2020

• A grant of USD 500 million assistance approved by India to Maldives to boost their connectivity project.
• This project will include the construction of the Greater Male Connectivity Project of around 6.7 km and also promote and sustain dynamic people-to-people ties between India and Maldives.

India sign an MoU with Maldives

August 13, 2020

• India signed an MoU with Maldives for the development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu atoll of the island nation.

GOI extends line of credit worth 18 million to Maldives

August 6, 2020

• The Line of credit worth 18 million US dollars extended by the Indian government to the Maldives comes with a repayment tenor of 20 years with a grace period of 5 years for the expansion of fishing facilities at Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO).

India, Maldives inked a contract for development of Geydoshu Mas Plant in Maldives’ Maradhoo and Hulhudhoo

July 24, 2020

• On July 22, 2020, India and Maldives signed an agreement to set up Geydoshu Mas Plant (Neighborhood Fish Processing Plants) at two islands in the Addu city of Maldives namely Maradhoo and Hulhudhoo. 
• The contract inking ceremony was carried out in Addu City, which attended virtually Maldives’ Foreign Secretary Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, High Commissioner of India to the Maldives Sunjay Sudir, along with other members of Maldives’ Ministry of Foreign affairs.

“Emergency Medical Services” to be established in Male

July 22, 2020

• India and Maldives signed an agreement to establish “Emergency Medical Services” in Male.
• The Emergency Medical Service is financed by India under grant assistance of 20 million USD for neighboring countries to increase the collaboration between the countries.