Bahrain
India and Bahrain enjoy excellent bilateral relations characterized by cordial political, economic and cultural contacts.
Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Govt. of India gifted 100,000 doses of made in India Covishield vaccines to Bahrain in January 2021.
- Earlier Govt. of India provided 1.5 million Hydroxychloroquine tablets on commercial basis and facilitated travel of nurses and medical professionals to Bahrain, besides keeping supply lines open for Bahrain and other GCC countries for essential trade, food products and medicine etc.
Capacity Building & Other Exchanges
- For the Academic Year 2022-23, Bahrain has been allocated with 2 slots under Atal Bihari Vajpayee General Scholarship Scheme (ABVGSS) of ICCR.
- As regards the Kingdom of Bahrain, a total of 88 Bahraini candidates have attended ITEC courses in the last 15 years.
Development Cooperation (Grants/ LoCs/ Assistance)
- India and Bahrain have had economic and trade relations for over several centuries; these relations received fresh impetus from the oil boom of the early seventies.
- Relative prosperity and higher standard of living in Bahrain boosted global imports of goods and services, including from India.
- Bahrain Government's policy of industrial diversification also played an important role in enhancing economic co-operation between India and Bahrain.
