To detect the depth of the sea, a specially designed submarine to send scientists to the submarine Samudrayaan, the ambitious mission of India to be allocated Rs 600 crore for the ‘deep ocean campaign’ (Deep Ocean Mission) in Central Budget 2025-26 Has got a boost from The Ministry of Earth Sciences is responsible for this campaign, which was allocated Rs 3649.81 crore in the Union Budget 2025-26 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday while he was allocated Rs 3064.80 crore for the current financial year.
Under the Samudrayaan Abhiyan, for the sustainable use of deep sea level, to make a manned submarine that can go underwater, for the sustainable use of bio resources in the deep sea for mining system for mining in deep seas and offshore heat energy -powered pilgrimage plants Technologies such as developing engineering design will be developed. India plans to send a manned submarine to a depth of 500 meters in the sea at the end of this year and explore the sea level gradually at a depth of 6,000 meters next year.
This submarine will develop Chennai -based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). The purpose of the deep ocean campaign is to detect the deep sea resources and develop technologies for their sustainable use.
In this context, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced in January, saying that the country is ready to launch its first human underwater vehicle (Deep-C Manned Vehicle) this year. In his address in the second meeting of the Mission Steering Committee on “Deep Ocean Mission”, Dr. Jitendra Singh told about the unprecedented nature of this initiative, so that India selected a selected group of six countries with technical capacity to start such ambitious efforts to India Has got the opportunity to be involved.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the initial submarine will work at a depth of 500 meters, and aims to reach a surprising depth of 6,000 meters by next year. This achievement will keep pace with the deadline of other historical missions in India. It also includes the Gaganyaan Space Mission, which reflects a “pleasant coincidence” in the country’s journey towards scientific excellence. PM Modi has mentioned this mission twice with the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said that through this mission, we are not only detecting the depth of our oceans, but are also building a strong Blue Economy, which will carry forward the future of India. ” Dr. Singh stressed that the entire initiative is based on indigenous technology, which has been fully developed and manufactured in India, which reflects the self -sufficiency of the country in state -of -the -art science.
The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) was established in November 1993 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NIOT is a scientific research institute that works in the field of ocean technology and operates under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India. The NIOT Chennai complex is spread over an area of 50 acres and is located in Pallaikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In addition, the institute’s research center Atal Center for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands (ACSTI), Port Blair, Andaman, and Cefront Campus, Pamanji Village and Research Facility, Chitter, Chitter, Andhra Pradesh.
The main objective of the establishment of this institute is to develop reliable indigenous technologies to solve various engineering problems related to exploitation of living and unlikely resources in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The region is about two-thirds of the land area of India.
(With agency input)