Samudrayaan Mission

Why in News?

• Recently the Ministry of Earth Science, the Samudrayaan Mission is expected to be realised by year 2026.

Highlights

• The mission is aimed at sending three personnel to 6000-metre depth in a vehicle called ‘MATSYA 6000’ for the exploration of deep-sea resources like minerals.
• ‘MATSYA 6000’ vehicle is being designed and developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai under Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• It has an endurance of 12 hours under normal operation and 96 hours in case of emergency for human safety.
• It is India’s first unique manned ocean mission and is a part of the Rs 6000-crores Deep Ocean Mission.
• The manned submersible will allow scientific personnel to observe and understand unexplored deep-sea areas by direct intervention.
• It will also boost the Central government’s vision of ‘New India’ that highlights the Blue Economy as one of the ten core dimensions of growth.
• India has a unique maritime position, a 7517 km long coastline, which is home to nine coastal states and 1,382 islands.
• For India, with its three sides surrounded by the oceans and around 30% of the nation’s population living in coastal areas and coastal regions play a major economic factor.
• It supports fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, livelihoods, and blue trade