{"id":11034,"date":"2024-11-09T04:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11034"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:58:06","slug":"sagar-parikrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sagar-parikrama\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagar Parikrama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Sagarmala Parikrama:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sagarmala Parikrama journey was virtually flagged off by the Union <strong>Defence Minister<\/strong> on October 29 during the Swavlamban event.<\/li>\n<li>It is supported by the Indian Navy\u2019s Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO), <strong>Technology Development Acceleration Cell<\/strong> (TDAC), and the <strong>Innovations for Defence Excellence<\/strong> (iDEX).<\/li>\n<li>The Sagarmala Parikrama aligns with global <strong>advancements in autonomous surface<\/strong> and underwater systems, offering transformative applications in both military and civilian sectors.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This first-of-its-kind journey highlights India\u2019s growing expertise in autonomous maritime technology and establishes a significant milestone in developing cutting-edge, unmanned systems for national security.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications:<\/strong> It paves the way for future deployment of autonomous vessels in critical <strong>sea lanes, coastal surveillance, and anti-piracy operations, <\/strong>expanding the Indian Navy\u2019s operational reach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key facts about Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>three-tiered <\/strong>organization launched by<strong> the Defence Ministry.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Naval Technology Acceleration Council (N-TAC)<\/strong> will bring together the twin aspects of innovation and indigenisation and provide apex level directives.<\/li>\n<li>A working group under the N-TAC will implement the projects.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Technology Development Acceleration Cell<\/strong> (TDAC) has also been created for induction of emerging disruptive technology in an accelerated time frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)?<\/h3>\n<p>Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) is the flagship initiative of the union Ministry of Defence. It aims to achieve self-reliance and foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&amp;D institutes and academia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/autonomous-surface-vessel-completes-1500-km-voyage-from-mumbai-to-thoothukudi\/article68837704.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Autonomous surface vessel completes 1,500-km voyage from Mumbai to Thoothukudi<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-plaintext\">\u00a0<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sagarmala Parikrama was virtually flagged off by the Union Defence Minister on October 29 during the Swavlamban event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}