{"id":7797,"date":"2020-05-07T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=7797"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T10:39:10","slug":"operation-samudra-setu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/operation-samudra-setu\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation \u201cSamudra Setu\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Operation \u201cSamudra Setu\u201d<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Polity: Governance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wionews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_page\/public\/2020\/05\/05\/139378-untitled-design.jpg\" alt=\"Navy launches Operation 'Samudra Setu' to evacuate stranded ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian Navy on Tuesday launched \u201cOperation Samudra Setu\u201d to repatriate stuck Indian nationals abroad. As part of the Centre\u2019s plan Operation Samudra Setu will make advancements in close coordination with Ministries of Defence, External Affairs, Home Affairs, Health, and various other agencies of the government of India and state governments, the Indian Navy spokesperson stated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cSamudra Setu\u201d means \u201cSea Bridge\u201d. This Naval rescue operation is a part of India\u2019s effort to bring back Indian nationals who are stuck overseas amid Covid-19 pandemic. The whole operation will be carefully executed in different phases. In Phase-1 of operation \u201cSamudra Setu\u201d Indian Naval Ships, Jalashwa, and Magar are directed to proceed towards the port of Male, and Republic of Maldives respectively to start the rescue operation starting from 8th May 2020.<br \/>\n\u2022 Indian Navy has planned to rescue a total of 1000 citizens during its first trip. Further evacuated citizens will be disembarked at the cost of Kochi and Kerala entrusted to the care of State Authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Measures taken by Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Government is also set to operate flights to rescue stranded nationals abroad whose 1st Phase of evacuation shall begin by 7th May 2020. As per the latest report, the flight rescue plan for stranded nationals will run for one week starting from 7th May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Around 2000 people from countries like, UAE, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore will be evacuated in the initial phase of the air plan. The Centre has also clarified that individuals will be charged for the airfare.<br \/>\n\u2022 Joint Secretary of the Home Ministry highlighted earlier in the day that, only asymptomatic persons after the proper screening will be allowed to board the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Upon their arrival, they will be once again screened by the respective State Authorities and then sent to the home or institutional quarantine center for a period of 14 days depending upon their screening test.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Points to Remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation Samudra Setu Started on 8th May 2020.<br \/>\n\u2022 Operation Samudra Setu is launched by the Indian Navy.<br \/>\n\u2022 Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.<br \/>\n\u2022 Naval ships Kalashwa and Magar are used in evacuation under operation Samudra Setu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation \u201cSamudra Setu\u201d Relevance: Polity: Governance CONTEXT The Indian Navy on Tuesday launched \u201cOperation Samudra Setu\u201d to repatriate stuck Indian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,18],"tags":[3101,2825,2363,3096,3093,2701,3094,3095,3098,3090,1739,3091,3092,3099,1740,3100,3097,1391,2421,392,2521],"class_list":["post-7797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-general-studies-ii","tag-asymptomatic","tag-centre","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-flights","tag-indian-naval-ships","tag-indian-navy","tag-jalashwa","tag-magar","tag-malaysia","tag-operation-samudra-setu","tag-quarantine","tag-repatriation","tag-rescue-mission","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-screening","tag-singapore","tag-stranded-nationals","tag-triumph-ias","tag-uae","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc","tag-upsc-civils-courses"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13808,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7797\/revisions\/13808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}