What is SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region)?
Historical Background
Key Points
9 points- 1.
Security: Enhancing maritime security through cooperation, capacity building, and collective action against traditional and non-traditional threats like piracy, terrorism, and natural disasters.
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Growth: Promoting economic cooperation and sustainable development of maritime resources, including the blue economy, for the benefit of all regional states.
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Connectivity: Improving physical and digital connectivity within the IOR to facilitate trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.
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Inclusivity: Working with all regional stakeholders, regardless of their size or power, to foster a sense of shared responsibility and mutual respect.
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Capacity Building: Assisting partner countries in strengthening their maritime capabilities, including surveillance, search and rescue, and coastal security.
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Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR): Positioning India as a first responder in times of crisis, providing aid and support to littoral states.
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Information Sharing: Establishing mechanisms for real-time information exchange on maritime activities to enhance maritime domain awareness.
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Rules-Based Order: Upholding international law, particularly UNCLOS, to ensure a free, open, and inclusive maritime environment.
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Focus Areas: Counter-piracy, anti-terrorism, maritime surveillance, disaster management, sustainable fishing, and marine pollution control.
Visual Insights
SAGAR Vision: Pillars, Implementation & Impact
This mind map elucidates India's SAGAR vision, detailing its core pillars, the key initiatives undertaken for its implementation, and its broader impact on regional stability and India's role.
SAGAR Vision (Security and Growth for All in the Region)
- ●Core Pillars
- ●Implementation Initiatives
- ●Impact & Alignment
Recent Developments
6 developmentsIncreased deployment of Indian Navy ships for HADR missions and joint exercises under the SAGAR framework.
Establishment of Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in Gurugram to enhance maritime domain awareness.
Initiatives like Project Mausam and Sagarmala align with SAGAR's connectivity and blue economy goals.
Enhanced cooperation with island nations like Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka.
Focus on providing Made-in-India defense equipment and training to partner navies.
Integration of SAGAR principles into India's broader Indo-Pacific strategy.