Launched as part of the government’s outreach initiative towards five Island nations in the Western Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19. So, option 2 is correct.
INS Kesari has departed towards the Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros.
To provide food Items, COVID-related medicines including HCQ tablets and special Ayurvedic medicines with medical assistance teams.
It would enter the Port of Male in the Republic of Maldives to provide them 600 tons of food.
The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers’ vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ promulgated in March 2015.