{"id":121049,"date":"2026-08-26T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=121049"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:18:21","slug":"icgs-ajit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/icgs-ajit\/","title":{"rendered":"ICGS Ajit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>ICGS Ajit Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has handed over the ICGS Ajit to the Indian Coast Guard.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About ICGS Ajit<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an indigenously built <\/span><b>Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Built By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is built by the <\/span><b>Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of ICGS Ajit<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Design and Capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is 51.43-metre-long and 8-metre-wide vessel has a <\/span><b>displacement of 330 tonnes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Propulsion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is powered <\/span><b>by twin marine diesel engines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> driving controllable pitch propellers (CPP)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A first-of-its-kind feature in this class of Fast Patrol Vessels, providing improved propulsion efficiency and operational performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Speed:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reaches a top speed of <\/span><b>more than 27 knots and an endurance of 1,500 nautical miles.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with an <\/span><b>advanced integrated machinery control system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enhance operational readiness, efficiency and sustainability.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Roles:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are capable of multi-mission roles including <\/span><b>fisheries protection, coastal patrol<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, anti-smuggling, <\/span><b>anti-piracy and search &amp; rescue operations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly around India\u2019s island territories and <\/span><b>Exclusive Economic Zone.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2303209&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICGS Ajit  is an indigenously built Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs). Read more about ICGS Ajit, Features, Speed, Role, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":121040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9793],"class_list":["post-121049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-icgs-ajit","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121049","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121049"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121119,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121049\/revisions\/121119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}