{"id":14852,"date":"2023-09-19T07:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T01:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14852"},"modified":"2025-04-02T23:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:51:30","slug":"operation-sajag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/operation-sajag\/","title":{"rendered":"What is \u2018Operation Sajag\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Operation Sajag:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>coastal security drill<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>conducted by the Indian Coast Guard<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>along the west coast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>involved all stakeholders<\/strong> of the Indian coastal security construct.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A total of 118 ships,<\/strong> including those\u00a0<strong>from<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Customs, Marine Police, Ports, and the Indian Navy, participated in the drill.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The drill\u00a0<strong>facilitates revalidation of the coastal security mechanism<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>brings awareness among the fishermen<\/strong> at sea.<\/li>\n<li>During the drill,\u00a0<strong>extensive checking and verification of documents and crew passes<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>of all fishing boats<\/strong>, barges and craft at sea was undertaken.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biometric card readers\u00a0<\/strong>have also been<strong> issued to security agencies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Besides monitoring of dhows<strong>, island security and community interaction programmes have been institutionalised<\/strong> under the coastal security construct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Key Facts about Indian Coast Guard:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>armed force<\/strong> that\u00a0<strong>protects India&#8217;s maritime interests<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>enforces maritime law<\/strong>, with\u00a0<strong>jurisdiction over the territorial waters of India<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>including its contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong>: it was formally\u00a0<strong>established in 1978 by the Coast Guard Act, 1978<\/strong> as an independent armed force of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parent ministry:<\/strong> It operates under the\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Defence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Administration<\/strong>: The organization is\u00a0<strong>headed by the Director General Indian Coast Guard (DGICG).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>HQ: New Delhi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?<\/h3>\n<p>An \u201cexclusive economic zone,\u201d or \u201cEEZ\u201d is an area of the ocean, generally extending 200 nautical miles (230 miles) beyond a nation&#8217;s territorial sea, within which a coastal nation has jurisdiction over both living and nonliving resources.The concept of an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was adopted through the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1958624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Coastal security drill \u2018Operation Sajag\u2019 conducted by Indian Coast Guard along the west coast<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Sajag is a coastal security drill conducted by the Indian Coast Guard along the west 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