Samudrayaan Mission

12.03.2024

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Why in the news?

 The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has completed a key test for India’s first manned submersible mission called Samudrayaan.

About Samudrayaan Mission:

• It is India’s first manned mission to explore the deep ocean.
• It is aimed to develop a self-propelled manned submersible to carry three human beings to a water depth of 6,000 meters in the ocean.
• It is designed to study the deep ocean resources and conduct biodiversity assessments as well.
• The project is part of the larger Deep Ocean Mission, which supports the Central Government’s Blue Economy policy. 
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

What is MATSYA 6000?

• It is a manned submersible vehicle developed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.
• It was developed under the Samudrayaan mission to facilitate humans in the deep ocean in exploring mineral resources. It has an endurance of 12 hours of operational period and 96 hours in case of emergency.
• It will allow scientific personnel to observe and understand unexplored deep-sea areas by direct interventions. Further, it will enhance the capability for deep-sea man-rated vehicle development.
• Expected to be launched in 2024-25, it would make India only one among six countries(US, Russia, Japan, France, and China) to have piloted a crewed under-sea expedition beyond 5,000 meters.

Key Facts about Deep Ocean Mission:

• It is a mission-mode project to support the Blue Economy Initiatives of the Government of India.
• It has been launched as a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• It is a high-level, multi-ministerial, multi-disciplinary programme for a better understanding of the deep sea living and non-living resources of the Indian Ocean.
• The Mission consists of six major components:

○Development of Technologies for Deep Sea Mining and Manned Submersible and Underwater Robotics;

○Development of Ocean Climate Change Advisory Services;

○Technological innovations for exploration and conservation of deep-sea biodiversity;

○Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration;

○Energy and freshwater from the Ocean;

○Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology;

                                                           Source: Hindustan times