Mission Sagar: INS Kesari reaches Seychelles

The Indian Naval Ship Kesari reached Port Victoria in Seychelles to provide COVID-19 related medicines under Mission Sagar.

Highlights

• The Mission Sagar was launched by the Indian Navy to provide COVID-19 related essential medicines. 
• The Government of India under the mission is providing assistance to foreign countries in dealing with COVID-19.

Mission Sagar

• India had launched Mission Sagar in May 2020 to provide food items to countries in the Southern Indian Ocean. 
• As a part of the initiative, essentials were to be supplied to Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles.
• The Mission also supplied HCQ tablets, medical assistance and special ayurvedic medicines. 
• Under the mission India provided 600 tonnes of food items to Maldives, Ayurvedic medicines and COVID-19 related medicines to Mauritius, COVID-19 related essential medicines including HCQ to Madagascar, dengue fever tablets and medical assistance team to Comoros and COVID-19 related medicines to Seychelles.
• The Mission was inspired by PM Modi’s vision of SAGAR.

SAGAR

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• SAGAR is Security and Growth for All in the Region.