The Bahamas
Both India and Bahamas are members of NAM, G-77, WIPO, WTO (Observer), the United Nations and its various subsidiary bodies. With democratic governance, respect for rule of law and rights of their people, both share similar aspirations for accelerated economic growth. Bahamas has consistently supported Indian candidatures, unilaterally or reciprocally, to various UN and other international bodies. Bahamas is sensitive to India’s concerns on International Terrorism and supports Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) proposed by India.
Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 Pandemic
- India has extended humanitarian assistance of 20,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) to the Bahamas to fight the pandemic in March 2021.
Capacity Building & Other Exchanges
- As part of capacity building trainings, nearly 35 professionals from Bahamas have been trained in India under ITEC since 2002. Of these, 11 professionals have been trained just in the previous 9 years since 2014-15.
Development Cooperation (Grants/ LoCs/ Assistance)
- India made a contribution of medicines worth US$ 50,000/- as relief in the aftermath of devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
- India had donated an amount of US$ 1 million as a disaster relief fund towards devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian in two major islands of Bahamas.
- Under the India-UN Development Partnership fund ‘Abaco Hurricane Shelter’ and India-Commonwealth Secretariat funded ‘Strengthening of Public Debt Management Framework and Developing Government Bond Market in The Bahamas’ implemented by UNDP. ‘Abaco Hurricane Shelter’ Project is scheduled to complete in December 2024 and ‘Strengthening of Public Debt Management Framework and Developing Government Bond Market in The Bahamas’ is going to complete in June 2024.
- ICCR under its Atal Bihari Vajpayee General Scholarship Scheme offered 2 slots for the year 2022-23 & 1 slot for 2023-24, to nationals of the Bahamas to pursue higher studies in India.
- In July 2022 an assistance of US$ 1 million was given from I-UNDP fund for project -Abaco Community Centre and Hurricane Shelter.
- In July 2020 an assistance of US$ 550000 was given from I-UNDP fund for project -Strengthening public debt management framework and developing government bond market.
