Over the past year, the Indian Navy has emerged as a central instrument of India’s expanding maritime outreach. Since the launch of the MAHASAGAR — Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions — vision by Narendra Modi in March 2025, naval deployments, exercises and humanitarian missions have increasingly shaped how India engages partners across the Indian Ocean and the wider Global South.

In 2015, PM Narendra Modi, during a visit to Mauritius, launched the SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision. While SAGAR focused largely on maritime security and capacity-building in India’s immediate neighbourhood, MAHASAGAR represents a broader strategic framework linking security cooperation, trade and sustainable development across the Indo-Pacific.

The shift reflects the growing importance of sea routes in global commerce. Nearly two-thirds of global trade moves through the Indo-Pacific maritime corridor, while about 90 per cent of India’s trade travels by sea.

Speaking at India Maritime Week 2025 in Mumbai, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that over the........

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