India and Mauritius elevate ties to Enhanced Strategic Partnership; PM Modi unveils Vision MAHASAGAR for the Global South
India and Mauritius elevated their relationship to an 'Enhanced Strategic Partnership' on 12 March 2025 in Port Louis, where PM Narendra Modi also unveiled Vision MAHASAGAR for the Global South.
Summary
During PM Narendra Modi's State Visit to Mauritius (11–12 March 2025), he and Mauritian PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam adopted a Joint Vision elevating ties to an Enhanced Strategic Partnership. Modi announced Vision MAHASAGAR — Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions — for the Global South, building on Vision SAGAR, which he had unveiled in Mauritius in 2015; it covers trade for development, capacity building and mutual security, through technology sharing, concessional loans and grants. Eight agreements were signed, including an RBI–Bank of Mauritius framework for settling trade in local currencies (INR or MUR), an SBI credit facility for Mauritius, white-shipping information sharing, and an ED–Financial Crimes Commission MoU. India will help build a new Parliament building in Mauritius and fund Phase II of High Impact Community Development Projects. The leaders inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation at Réduit, built with a US$4.74 million Indian grant, and India handed over a navigational chart of St Brandon prepared by an Indian naval hydrographic survey.
Key facts
- Elevation
- Enhanced Strategic Partnership, 12 March 2025
- New vision
- MAHASAGAR, for the Global South (successor to SAGAR, 2015)
- Agreements
- 8, incl. RBI–Bank of Mauritius local-currency framework (INR/MUR)
- Announced
- New Parliament building for Mauritius; HICDP Phase II
- Inaugurated
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation, Réduit (US$4.74 mn grant)
- Handover
- Navigational chart of St Brandon
Practice MCQs 5 questions
To what level did India and Mauritius elevate their relationship on 12 March 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Enhanced Strategic Partnership
The two Prime Ministers elevated ties to an 'Enhanced Strategic Partnership' during PM Modi's State Visit to Mauritius.
In which country did PM Modi unveil Vision MAHASAGAR for the Global South in March 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Mauritius
PM Modi unveiled Vision MAHASAGAR in Mauritius on 12 March 2025 — the same country where he had unveiled Vision SAGAR in 2015.
Where in Mauritius is the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation, inaugurated on 12 March 2025?
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Correct answer: B — Réduit
PM Modi and PM Ramgoolam jointly inaugurated the institute at Réduit; it was built with an Indian grant of US$4.74 million.
Which of the following did India announce support for during PM Modi's March 2025 visit to Mauritius?
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Correct answer: D — A new Parliament building
PM Modi announced India's support for a new Parliament building in Mauritius and Phase II of High Impact Community Development Projects.
Consider the following outcomes of PM Modi's visit to Mauritius in March 2025: 1. An agreement between the RBI and the Bank of Mauritius on a framework for using local currencies (INR or MUR) in cross-border transactions. 2. Handover of a navigational chart of St Brandon prepared after a hydrographic survey by an Indian naval ship. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are in the official List of Outcomes: the RBI–Bank of Mauritius local-currency framework, and the handover of the St Brandon navigational chart.