What is ‘Mahasagar’ imaginative and prescient? New policy for Global South unveiled by PM Modi in Mauritius | India News

NEW DELHI: India and Mauritius on Wednesday strengthened their relationship by elevating ties to an ‘enhanced strategic partnership’ and signing eight agreements to cooperate in numerous sectors, together with maritime safety and commerce in native currencies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally launched a brand new imaginative and prescient for development and safety of the Global South.
On the second and remaining day of his go to to Mauritius, Modi attended the island nation’s nationwide day celebrations because the chief visitor and introduced a number of improvement tasks. After discussions with Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, he launched India’s new imaginative and prescient for the Global South, referred to as “Mahasagar” or “Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions.” This policy strategy comes at a time when China is increasing its affect in the Indian Ocean.
“We are committed to extend full cooperation in the security of Mauritius’ Exclusive Economic Zone,” PM Modi stated.
The Mahasagar imaginative and prescient builds on the SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) policy that Modi first introduced throughout his go to to Mauritius in 2015. SAGAR has guided India’s engagement with the Indian Ocean Region for the previous decade.
“We have taken the SAGAR vision forward for the stability and prosperity of this entire region. Today, taking it forward, I would like to say that our vision for the Global South will be, beyond SAGAR — (it will be) Mahasagar that is ‘Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions’,” Modi stated in his media assertion.
He defined that the brand new strategy would emphasize commerce for improvement, capability constructing for sustainable development, and mutual safety for a shared future.
“Under this, cooperation will be ensured through technology sharing, concessional loans and grants,” he stated.
“The objective was also to bring the voice of the Global South to the global high table. We did that also through our presidency of the G20. And in advancing Vision Mahasagar, we are demonstrating and signaling once again our commitment to the Global South,” overseas secretary Vikram Misri later defined.
After concluding his go to, Prime Minister Modi departed from Mauritius. During his journey, he was honored with the nation’s highest nationwide award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.