Projects and reforms delivered in government, by ministry.
Ministry
18,8 Md Rs
phase 1 contract, including Rs 9.9 billion in Indian grant funding
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2016–2019
From project approval to the inauguration of the first phase: the country's first passenger rail service since 1956.
34 → 15 Md Rs
decongestion programme budget, revised downwards
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2015–2019
A programme of new interchanges and link roads to relieve congestion in Port Louis and on the M1 motorway, launched and set in motion during his tenure.
180
26-metre stabilisation piles
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2016–2019
Restoring the M3 motorway, cut by a landslide in 2015, with the help of French technical expertise.
50 000 Rs
minimum fine for driving while disqualified (2018 Act)
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2015–2019
An overhaul of the penalty system in 2015, followed by the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 targeting the most dangerous behaviour.
328
buses replaced under the Bus Modernisation Scheme
Public Infrastructure and Land Transport · 2017–2019
New buses, new-generation bus shelters and online services: a more comfortable, simpler public service.
Ministry
50 M Rs
2019-20 Budget provision to prepare for resettlement
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019–2021
As head of Mauritian diplomacy in the years following the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, he defended Mauritian sovereignty in Parliament and supported Mauritius's initiative at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.
28e
State Party to the AfCFTA at the time of ratification
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019
In September 2019 Mauritius ratified the agreement creating the world's largest free trade area by number of countries.
7 504
Chinese tariff lines opened duty-free
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019–2021
The first free trade agreement concluded by China with an African country, signed in 2019 and in force since 1 January 2021.
≈ 3 000
Mauritians stranded abroad in April 2020
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2020
Repatriation flights, an emergency loan and a support unit for Mauritians stranded abroad by border closures.
13.12.2020
visit by Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2020
Diplomacy of repair after the Pointe d'Esny oil spill: maritime safety, the environment and support for fishermen.
7e
Mauritius–European Union Political Dialogue
Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade · 2019
In June 2019 he led the Mauritian delegation at the seventh political dialogue with the European Union.
Ministry
24.01.2005
advocacy before the European Agriculture Ministers
Agriculture · 2005
Together with the representative of Sudan, he spoke for the ACP and least developed sugar-producing countries at an informal meeting with the European Agriculture Ministers, pleading for time to adjust to the price cuts proposed by the European Union.
Ministry
+7 %
growth in tourist arrivals between 2000 and 2003
Tourism and Leisure · 2000–2011
Two spells at the Ministry of Tourism and Leisure, marked by the destination's growth despite the 2001 air transport crisis.