v Context: ‘Samudrayaan’ will be India’s expedition to a depth of 6,000 m in the Indian Ocean.
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The Samundrayaan Mission is India’s first manned deep ocean mission.
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The six components of the mission are:
- Development of deep-sea mining
technologies and a manned submersible
- Creating ocean climate change advisory
services and future climate models
- Innovations for deep-sea biodiversity
exploration and conservation
- Deep-sea survey for potential
multi-metal hydrothermal mineral sites
- Harnessing energy and freshwater from the ocean
- Establishing an advanced Marine Station
for Ocean Biology
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Launched in 2021, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is
the nodal ministry implementing it.
MATSYA 6000
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MATSYA 6000 is an indigenously
built manned submersible under the Samudrayaan Mission.
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Developed by NIOT, it is designed to carry three humans to
a depth of 6000 m.
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Aim: To comprehensively
study deep-sea resources and marine biodiversity assessment.
With its launch, it will make India the sixth country (after the US, Russia, Japan, France, and China) to have a manned under-sea expedition beyond 5,000 m.
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ð National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, is an autonomous
institute under MoES. |
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ð A submarine is a self-propelled underwater
vessel capable of independent operation for an extended period of time. ð A submersible is an underwater vehicle
that needs to be transported and supported by a larger watercraft or
platform. They are smaller
and less capable than submarines but can be more versatile and
specialised. |