Four Agreements Signed Between India and Maldives

 India and Maldives have concurred more than four MOUs during the visit of India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to the Maldives. The four MOUs were finished paperwork for collaboration in sports and youth issues; availability venture, the setting of plant and soil testing labs. 

Highlights:

♦ One of the four MoUs was finished paperwork for the award of $100 million by India for the Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP). This task will interface Maldives capital Male with three islands. The absolute expense of this ♦ GMCP venture is $500 million. Rest $400 million for the task will likewise be given by India. This understanding was marked with the Foreign Minister of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid. 

♦ The subsequent understanding marked between the two nations is to set up a plant and soil testing research facility with an award of 1.71 million Maldivian rufiyaas. 

♦ The third arrangement has been finished paperwork for the foundation of a medication detox office with another award of 7.7 million Maldivian rufiyaas. 

♦ The fourth MOU was marked to expand participation in the field of sports and youth issues between both the nations. 

♦ Maldives is the 6th nation visited by the secretary after the limitations because of COVID-19. Unforgiving Vardhan Shringla was on a 2-day visit to Maldives. 

♦ Other five nations visited by Shringla after COVID-19 are-the UK, Myanmar, Bangladesh, France and Germany. Shringla and Maldives Foreign Secretary additionally had discusses the monetary recuperation after the effect of pandemic, accelerating the execution of the continuous collaboration ventures, advancing the travel industry, and so forth 

♦ These MOUs will assist with improving the relations between the two nations. Maldives the travel industry has been significantly influenced by COVID-19 and in view of this India gave an advance of $250 million to the nation in September 2020. 

♦ The Indian unfamiliar secretary valued the "India First" strategy of Maldives and furthermore said that it is unequivocally responded by India through "Neighborhood first" arrangement.