SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION India's 1st manned ocean mission

 SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION

It is India's 1st manned ocean mission that aims to send 3 persons in an indigenous submarine vehicle called MATSYA 6000 to a depth of 6000 metres for deep underwater studies. Submarines go only about 200 metres. India joined the elite club of nations such as US, Russia, France, Japan, and China to have niche technology and vehicles to carry out subsea activities. It will help in the exploration of resources like gas hydrates, polymetallic manganese nodules, hydrothermal sulphides and cobalt crust, which are found at depths of the ocean. It is a project of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) under Deep Ocean Mission. The projected timeline is five years for the period 2020-2021 to 2025-2026. National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous institute under MoES, is entrusted with the responsibility to develop various technologies related to the mission.