- first manned deep ocean mission
- Submersile ➡️ Matsya 6000 (by NIOT)
- 6km ⬇️
- MoES
- 6 pillars
- deep sea mining ➡️ polymetallic nodules
- ocean climate change advisory
- exploration & conservation of deep sea biodiversity
- potential sites ➡️ multi metal hydrothermal sulphides mineralisation
- harnessing energy & freshwater
- Establishing Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology
Key Points
- 2021 - 2030
- as decade of Ocean Science
- by UN
- Varaha
- under water mining system
- by NIOT
- Successful trials by
- USA, Russia, China, France & Japan
- India to join soon