Lok Sabha Question No. 3555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Samudrayaan Mission
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Aparupa  Poddar, Bhola Singh, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOKSABHA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3555

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 22 nd  MARCH, 2023

## SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION

## 3555.   SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

## Will the Minister of Earth Sciences be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has planned Samudrayaan mission for the exploration of deep sea resources;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the objectives of the mission;
- (c) whether the Matsya 6000 vehicle is being developed for the Samudrayaan mission;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the other steps being taken by the Government for the exploration of deep sea and the projected timeline for the said mission;
- (f) whether it is a fact that India spends 0.7 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on research and development;
- (g) if so, the achievements and progress of the first phase of 'Samudrayaan'; and
- (h) the proposal for deep sea exploration in the country in the next five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) Major  objective  of  the  Samudrayaan  Mission  is  to  design,  and  develop  one  working prototype and one final Manned Submersible rated for 6000 meter water depth.
- (c) Yes Sir.
- (d) Under  the  Deep  Ocean  Mission  program,  National  Institute  of  Ocean  Technology (NIOT)  (an  autonomous  institute  of  the  Ministry  of  Earth  Sciences,  Government  of India)  is  indigenously  developing  a  manned  scientific  submersible  Matsya  6000  for enabling  deep-ocean  human  missions  up  to  6000m  water  depth.  Matsya  6000  is designed to carry 3 humans for a period of 12h and shall have an emergency endurance of 96h. Matsya 6000 has a 2.1 metre internal diameter Titanium alloy personnel sphere for housing humans and equipped with subsystems for buoyancy management enabling descent/ascent, power and control systems, manoeuvring propellers, subsea intervention manipulators,  navigation  and  positioning  devices,  data  and  voice  communication systems, on-board energy storage batteries, as well as systems for emergency support.
- (e) - (f)  The technologies developed under the mission during 2021-26 would help in exploration  and  harnessing  of  the  deep  sea  living  and  non-living  resources.  Manned submersible  is  likely  to  be  realized  by  2026.  Deep  water  trials,  integrated  mining machine demonstration etc are planned in the second phase of the Mission 2024-26. An amount  of  Rs  4077  cr  has  been  allocated  for  Deep  Ocean  Mission  for  the  period  of 2021-2026.
- (g) Some of the notable achievements and progress of Deep Ocean Mission include; i) The design and procurement of sub-systems for Manned Submersible has been completed and  integration  is  in  progress,  and  ii)  Design  of  Mining  Machine  is  ready  and demonstration trial is planned during 2024-26.
- (h) The  activities  under  Deep  Sea  Exploration  for  next  5  years  include  Development  of Technologies  for  Manned  Submersible,  Technological  innovations  for  exploration  of Deep Sea biodiversity, Deep Ocean Survey and Exploration for mineral resources.

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