Most of the countries that have falsified information exchange agreements with India are about 21 IFC partners. The Indian Navy`s mission is to conclude White Shipping`s information-sharing agreements with 36 countries and three multinational constructions. In 2012, the IOC was one of four regional organisations that launched the MASE programme, the EU-funded programme to promote maritime security in eastern and southern Africa and the Indian Ocean. As part of MASE, the IOC has set up a monitoring and control mechanism for the Western Indian Ocean with two regional centres. The Madagascar-based Regional Maritime Information Fusion Centre (RMIFC) aims to increase awareness of maritime issues by monitoring maritime activities and promoting the exchange and exchange of information. The Seychelles-based Regional Coordination Centre (RCOC) will also facilitate joint or coordinated offshore interventions, based on information gathered through the CFRMI. These centres are a response to the restrictions that states in the region face in policing and patrolling their huge exclusive economic zones (EEZs). They provide an urgent deterrent against unsamued maritime crime at sea, which is only partially combated by the anti-piracy presence of the EU, the combined naval forces and the independent armed forces. Seven states in the region have signed agreements to participate in this multilateral maritime security architecture and, once ratified, will form their legal basis. Many major powers have expressed interest in access to the CFRMI. In March 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made visits to Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka, very important countries in the Indian Ocean that have the potential to act as a bulwark against the threat to peace in the region. The Prime Minister, known for his acute strategic thinking, felt China`s aggressive attitude and ambitions to dominate the region with military and economic muscles, and revealed security and growth for all in the region (SAGAR).
Since then, India has been actively working with its SAGAR doctrine, but a new turning point was given when New Delhi decided to intensify defence cooperation with Myanmar by signing a Protocol with the East Asian country in July 2019. More than 15 months have passed since the two countries signed a defence cooperation agreement, and the Myanmar Navy is in the process of removing a kilo-class submarine, INS Sindhuvir, from India. “This will be the first submarine of the Myanmar Navy. And that fits our vision of SAGAR. This will also be in line with our commitment to build capacity and autonomy in all our neighbouring countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a question. INS Sindhuvir is an electric diesel submarine of the first Russian airline in Visakhapatnam. However, the announcement of the submarine to be handed over to the Myanmar Navy came days after army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane and Foreign Minister Harsh Vardhan Shringla landed in Naypyitaw for a two-day visit and held talks with State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi and Commander-in-Chief defence services General Min Aung Hlaing.