{"id":16882,"date":"2020-08-14T16:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T11:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16882"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T11:13:31","slug":"india-announces-500-mn-package-for-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-announces-500-mn-package-for-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"India announces $500 mn package for Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India has announced a slew of connectivity measures for the Maldives in an effort to help Maldives deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Greater Male Connectivity Project:<\/strong> It is a 6.7 kilometre bridge project connecting Male with Gulhifalhu Port and Thilafushi industrial zone that will help revitalise and transform Maldivian economy.<ul><li>India will provide a $400 million Line of Credit and $100 million grant for the project.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cargo Ferry Service: <\/strong>A<strong> <\/strong>regular cargo ferry service between India and Maldives will be started to boost trade and commerce.<\/li><li><strong>Air Travel Bubble: <\/strong>India is starting an air connectivity \u201cbubble\u201d for travel with Maldives to sustain and promote the people-to-people ties between the two countries.<\/li><li><strong>Submarine Cable: <\/strong>It is a communication cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea.India will lay down a submarine cable for telecom connectivity in Maldives.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has announced a slew of connectivity measures for the Maldives in an effort to help Maldives deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Facts: Key Measures: Greater Male Connectivity Project: It is a 6.7 kilometre bridge project connecting Male with Gulhifalhu Port and Thilafushi industrial zone that will help revitalise and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-announces-500-mn-package-for-maldives\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India announces $500 mn package for Maldives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[42,5563],"class_list":["post-16882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","tag-india","tag-maldives","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700774230,"cached_date":1704835992},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}