Lok Sabha Question No. 357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-03
Subject: Joint Maritime Exercise
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.357

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  February, 2021

## JOINT MARITIME EXERCISE

357. SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India has recently conducted Joint Maritime Exercise with many countries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of countries with which such naval exercises were undertaken during the last three years, year-wise along with the aims and objectives thereto and the expenditure involved therein;
- (c) the number of naval persons and naval ships participated in each of the joint naval exercises; and
- (d)  the  details  of  such  exercises  that  are  likely  to  be  undertaken  with  other  countries  in  the coming years?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (d): A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  357  FOR  ANSWER  ON  03.02.2021  REGARDING 'JOINT MARITIME EXERCISE'.

(a)  to  (c):    Yes,  Sir.    Indian  Navy  conducts/participates  in  bilateral/multilateral  maritime exercises and coordinated patrols (CORPATS) with friendly foreign countries on a regular basis.

The aim and objective of these exercises include providing operational exposure to our Naval forces, enhance interoperability and undertake  mutual exchange of best practices, special operations tactics  and  to  develop  cooperation  among  the  armed  forces  of  participating  nations etc.    In  this    process  the  current  tactical  and  technological  practices/techniques  etc.,  are exchanged during such exercises.

The  expenditure  incurred  varies  on  the  magnitude  of  our  participation  and  assets deployed during such exercises and are met almost entirely from the budget of the Indian Navy. Our Navy is represented by various units/troops in such exercises which are decided based on the nature and requirement of specific exercise.

The details of Joint Maritime Exercises conducted with foreign countries during the last three years i.e., from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 are as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Country              | Exercise                                         | Year (s)                  |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | ADMMPlus Countries   | ADMMPlus Exercise                                | 2019-20                   |
|         2 | Australia            | AUSINDEX                                         | 2019-20                   |
|         2 | Australia            | KAKADU                                           | 2018-19                   |
|         2 | Australia            | Black Carillon (Multi-lateral)                   | 2019-20                   |
|         3 | Bangladesh           | IN-BN CORPAT (Annual)                            | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 |
|         3 | Bangladesh           | IN-BN BILAT (Annual)                             | 2019-20, 2020-21          |
|         3 | Bangladesh           | IN-BN SF Exercise (Annual)                       | 2019-20                   |
|         4 | Brazil &South Africa | IBSAMAR                                          | 2018-19                   |
|         5 | France               | VARUNA                                           | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 |
|         6 | Indonesia            | IND-INDO CORPAT (Bi-annual) (Coordinated Patrol) | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 |
|         6 | Indonesia            | IND-INDO BILAT                                   | 2018-19, 2019-20          |
|         7 | IONS                 | IONS Working Group Exercise (Multilateral)       | 2019-20                   |
|         8 | Japan                | JIMEX                                            | 2018-19, 2020-21          |
|         8 | Japan                | EOD J2A (Multilateral)                           | 2019-20                   |
|         9 | Malaysia             | IN-RMN BILAT                                     | 2019-20                   |
|        10 | Maldives             | Ex EKATHA                                        | 2018-19, 2019-20          |

|   11. | Myanmar                         | IMCOR                                                   | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21   |
|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|    11 | Myanmar                         | IN-MN BILAT                                             | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21   |
|    12 | Oman                            | Naseem-al-Bahr                                          | 2019-20                     |
|    13 | Qatar                           | Za'ir Al Bahr                                           | 2019-20                     |
|    14 | Russia                          | INDRA NAVY                                              | 2018-19, 2020-21            |
|    15 | Singapore                       | SIMBEX                                                  | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21   |
|    16 | Singapore &Thailand             | India, Singapore, Thailand Trilateral Exercise (SITMEX) | 2019-20, 2020-21            |
|    17 | Sri Lanka                       | SLINEX                                                  | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21   |
|    17 | Sri Lanka                       | IN-SLN SF Exercise                                      | 2019-20                     |
|    18 | Thailand                        | INDO-THAI CORPAT                                        | 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21   |
|    19 | UAE                             | IN-UAEN BILAT                                           | 2018-19                     |
|    20 | UK                              | KONKAN                                                  | 2018-19, 2019-20            |
|    21 | USA                             | SPITTING COBRA (IN- USN EOD Exercise)                   | 2019-20                     |
|    21 | USA                             | SANGAM(IN-USN SF Exercise)                              | 2019-20                     |
|    21 | USA                             | IMX                                                     | 2019-20                     |
|    21 | USA                             | CUTLASS Express (Multilateral)                          | 2019-20                     |
|    21 | USA                             | RIMPAC (Multilateral)                                   | 2018-19                     |
|    22 | USA &Japan                      | MALABAR                                                 | 2018-19, 2019-20            |
|    23 | USA, Japan &Australia           | MALABAR                                                 | 2020-21                     |
|    24 | Vietnam                         | IN-VPN BILAT                                            | 2018-19, 2019-20            |
|    25 | Friendly Foreign Countries      | MILAN (Multilateral)                                    | 2018-19                     |
|    26 | Western Pacific Naval Symposium | WPNS Exercise (Multilateral)                            | 2018-19                     |

- (d)    The  conduct  and  planning  of  such  exercises  is  a  continuous  process.    The  countries  with which joint military exercise are proposed to be conducted during the coming year include most of  the  above  countries,  and  these  exercises  are  under  the  stage  of  discussions  with  respective countries.

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