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India and Maldives on Monday signed seven Memoranda of
Understanding (MoUs) for projects to be built under the Indian
grant assistance scheme for the High Impact Community Development
Project through local bodies (HICDP).
Maldives Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said the MoUs were
signed by the Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and Indian High
Commissioner, Munu Mahawar, and the respective implementing
agencies.
The ceremony was attended by respective Members of Parliament,
Island Councils, senior officials from the government of the
Maldives and the High Commission of India.
Speaking at the ceremony today, Maldives Foreign Minister Shahid
noted that the projects launched under the MoUs will strengthen the
Government's efforts in fostering socio-economic development in
local communities by promoting health and wellbeing, empowerment of
youth and preservation and protection of culture and heritage.
Shahid also expressed his profound gratitude to the Government
of India for the key role India plays in promoting the
socio-economic development of Maldives.
The projects launched under the MoUs signed today are worth a
total grant of 26.8 million Rufiya (equivalent to approximately USD
1.7 million).
The projects include establishing a mental health centre at Addu
Equatorial Hospital, a speech a therapy unit at Kulhudhufushi
Regional Hospital, prosthetics and orthotics manufacturing workshop
at Hulhumale' Hospital, preservation of cultural places in Noonu
Landhoo Maabudhuge and Thaa Dhiyamigili Ganduvaru, development of a
multi-sports complex in Noonu Manadhoo and developing youth centres
in Gaafu Alif Gemanafushi and Alif Dhaalu Dhigurah.
The overarching Memorandum of Understanding on Indian Grant
Assistance for Implementation of High Impact Community Development
Projects through local bodies, was initially signed between the
Governments of the Maldives and India on March 17, 2019, for a
total grant of 85 million Rufiya and renewed with an increment up
to 155 million Rufiya (equivalent to approximately 10 million USD),
on July 23, 2021.
The announcement to undertake seven new projects for
implementation under this scheme, was made during the official
visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Addu City last
month.
Apart from the projects launched today, eighteen projects are
currently underway under this grant scheme.
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