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The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for acquisition of a new research vessel to replace aging research vessel (RV)- Samudra Manthan of Geological Survey of India (GSI).
New Delhi, Oct 1 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for acquisition of a new research vessel to replace aging research vessel (RV)- Samudra Manthan of Geological Survey of India (GSI).
The acquisition will be done at an estimated cost of Rs. 448 crores. The vessel will carry out seabed surveys and exploration of non-living resources.
"At present, no single vessel is available on chartering basis that has multidisciplinary equipment systems to undertake detailed investigation for offshore survey," a government release said.
Further, in view of aspects of information security and the objective of addition to the national wealth, the acquisition of new RV vessel is considered advantageous.
This decision will facilitate GSI to acquire a tailor made new multidisciplinary research vessel with state-of-the-art equipment for undertaking geological, geophysical and geo-chemical mapping of the seabed. Data generated will be useful for creating and updating national database in the field of earth - science, oceanography and offshore mineral resources.
ANI
