Samudrayaan Project:
Two Indian aquanauts recently dived over 5,000 metres in the Atlantic Ocean aboard the French submersible Nautile, as part of training for India’s Samudrayaan Project.
- It is India’s first manned deep-sea mission under the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) approved in 2021.
- It seeks to explore the ocean at depths up to 6,000 metres for resources, biodiversity, and scientific research.
- Established in approved by the Union Cabinet in 2021, with an outlay of ₹4,077 crore for five years.
- Objectives is to Develop deep-sea technologies – crewed submersibles, mining tools, and robotic vehicles and Survey ocean resources – locate polymetallic nodules rich in manganese, cobalt, nickel, and rare earths and Advance climate research – create ocean climate advisory models for projections.
