India signs trade deal, $100 million defence agreement with Mauritius
India signs trade deal, $100 million defence agreement with Mauritius
India signed major trade and defence deals with Mauritius on Monday.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. (Photo: Reuters)
India signed major trade and defence deals with Mauritius on Monday. During External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to the island nation, the two sides signed a free trade agreement (FTA) or CECPA the first such pact with any African country.
During a joint press statement, S Jaishankar, said, India is privileged to have entered into a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius. It will provide a timely boost for the revival of our post-Covid economies and also enable Indian investors to use Mauritius as a launch-pad for business expansion into continental Africa helping the prospect of Mauritius emerging as a ‘hub of Africa’.
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Les membres du cabinet ont pris note que le gouvernement va présenter le Mental Health Care (Amendment) Bill au parlement à la rentrée du 23 mars 2021, ainsu que l’Institute of Technical Education and Technology Bill, des amendements au Workers’ Rights Act , de la prmulgatuion du Contribution Sociale Genéralisée (Amendment) Regulations 2021, du the State Lands (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2021 rentre autres.
1. Cabinet has agreed to the introduction of the Mental Health Care (Amendment) Bill into the National Assembly. The main object of the Bill is to amend the Mental Health Care Act to provide that the duty, which is mainly a medical duty, of reviewing mental patients who are suspected of having committed a criminal offence or who are in the custody of the police or who are detainees in a reform institution referred to in the Reform Institutions Act shall be performed by the Managerial Committee instead of the Mental Health Commission.
India in recent years has stepped up strategic outreach to its Indian Ocean partners. Both the Maldives and Mauritius have been key in pursuing India’s maritime security agenda. Thus, it was not a surprise that Indian Foreign Minister Dr. S Jaishankar went on a four-day visit to the Maldives and Mauritius February 20-23. The minister held high-level meetings in both countries, including with the defense and foreign ministers, underlining the strategic intent of the trip. Following his meeting with the Maldivian defense minister, Jaishankar tweeted that “India will always be a reliable security partner for Maldives.” He had a similar message on India’s ties with Mauritius, saying “Partners in security.” Extending defense lines of credit and maritime security were dominant in the discussions in both countries.
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