Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches ‘Samudrayan Project’-India’s First and Unique Manned Ocean Mission

Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches ‘Samudrayan Project’-India’s First and Unique Manned Ocean Mission

• The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh officially launched India’s First Manned Ocean Mission called “Samudrayan project” at Chennai on October 29, 2021.
• The Unique Ocean Mission aims to have deep underwater manned vehicles for carrying out subsea activities. 
• The deep water manned submersible has been code named as the ‘MATSYA 6000’.
• It is developed by Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT).
• The technology will help to conduct deep ocean exploration of the non-living resources located at a depth of about 1000 and 5500 meters, such as polymetallic manganese nodules, gas hydrates, hydro-thermal sulphides and cobalt crusts.
• With this technology, India joins the the elite club of nations such as USA, Russia, Japan, France and China to have such underwater vehicle.