In March 2022, evacuation operation to bring Indian citizens from Ukraine was called as ______.

The correct answer is Operation Ganga.

Key Points

• Operation Ganga:-​
  • It is the initiative launched by the government of India to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine.
  • It has also set up 24×7 control centers to assist in the evacuation of Indians through the border crossing points with Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovak Republic.
  • A Twitter handle, ‘OpGanga Helpline’, has also been dedicated to the mission, where all information regarding evacuation process and advisories of embassies are shared to keep everyone up-to-date.
  • Many students who reached Ukraine’s borders with Poland and Romania have not been allowed to enter those nations.
  • The government had identified an alternate train route to help evacuate the students, from Uzhhorod in western Ukraine to Budapest, Hungary’s capital city.
  • Under this operation, India has decided to send four Union Ministers to Poland and Romania to oversee the evacuation.

Additional Information

• Operation Devi Shakti:-
  • ​Under "Operation Devi Shakti”, a total of 669 people have now been evacuated from Afghanistan.
  • This comprises 448 Indians and 206 Afghans, which includes members of the Afghan Hindu/Sikh minority community.
  • In view of the challenging humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Government of India has dispatched humanitarian assistance consisting of medical supplies on the return flight.
• Operation Maitri:
  • It is the rescue and relief operation in Nepal by the Government of India and Indian Armed Forces in the aftershock of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. 
  • The operation was named Operation Maitri by Indian Army.
• Vande Bharat Mission:-
  • It started with the operation of 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad.
  • It turns out to be the largest evacuation operation ever since the 1990 airlift of 1.7 lakh people from Kuwait.