MAHASAGAR Initiative

08.11.2024

MAHASAGAR Initiative

Why in the news?

Recently, the third edition of the high-level virtual interaction MAHASAGAR was conducted by the Indian Navy.

About MAHASAGAR Initiative:

• Maritime Heads for Active Security and Growth for All in the Region (MAHASAGAR) -- which means vast ocean in Hindi, is the Indian Navy's flagship outreach for high-level virtual interaction among the leaders.
• The initiative, started by the Indian Navy, is conducted bi-annually and has garnered wide acceptance among the participating nations ever since its inception in 2023.
• Participating countries: Indian Ocean Region littorals viz., Bangladesh, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.
• The interaction’s theme of this edition was ‘Training Cooperation to Mitigate Common Maritime Security Challenges in IOR’, which highlights the present and necessary imperatives for Training Corporation towards mitigation of common maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.
• During the current edition, the principals candidly dwelled on the imperatives of quality training and opportunities for training collaboration between IOR littorals towards developing requisite capacities and skilled manpower to tackle Common Maritime Security Challenges in the IOR. 

                                                                        Source: PIB

Consider the following statements regarding the MAHASAGAR  Initiative:

Statement-I:It is the Indian Military's flagship initiative which is conducted bi-annually.

Statement-II:It highlights the necessary imperatives for training and Corporation towards mitigation of common maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer D