Samudrayaan

• The Samudrayaan mission is scheduled to explore the bed of the ocean by 2025 end.
• So far, countries such as the S., Russia, China, France and Japan have carried out successful deep-ocean crewed missions.

ABOUT SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION

• Samudrayaan, or the deep ocean mission, was initiated in 2021.
• The mission entails undertaking a crewed expedition to reach a depth of 6,000 metres to the ocean bed in the central Indian Ocean using Matsya6000, designed to accommodate a crew of three members.
  • Matsya-6000 has been developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.
• The submersible will be equipped with a suite of scientific sensors and tools, and have an operational endurance of 12 hours, which is extendable up to 96 hours in the event of an emergency.
• Nodal Ministry- Ministry of Earth Sciences