{"id":46148,"date":"2025-04-25T11:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46148"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:09:06","slug":"next-generation-offshore-patrol-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/next-generation-offshore-patrol-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPVs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPVs) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The keel laying ceremony of Yard 3040, the fourth Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders &amp; Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, was held recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs)<\/strong>\u00a0have an\u00a0<strong>approximate displacement of 3000 tonnes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are designed for\u00a0<strong>multi-role maritime operations<\/strong>, including:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coastal defence and surveillance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Search and rescue (SAR) missions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Protection of offshore assets<\/strong>\u00a0such as oil rigs and platforms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-piracy operations<\/strong>\u00a0in India&#8217;s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These vessels will be equipped with\u00a0<strong>modern sensors and armaments<\/strong>, enhancing the\u00a0<strong>Indian Navy\u2019s maritime domain awareness<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>low-intensity maritime conflict capabilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Project Background<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The construction of the NGOPVs is part of a contract signed on\u00a0<strong>30 March 2023<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0<strong>indigenous design and development of 11 patrol vessels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>These contracts were awarded to:\u00a0<strong>Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the\u00a0<strong>Lead Shipyard\u00a0<\/strong>(<strong>7vessels)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Garden Reach Shipbuilders &amp; Engineers Ltd (GRSE)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the\u00a0<strong>Follow Shipyard\u00a0<\/strong>(<strong>4vessels)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project reflects India\u2019s commitment to\u00a0<strong>self-reliance in defence manufacturing<\/strong>\u00a0under the national initiatives of\u00a0<strong>\u2018Aatmanirbhar Bharat\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u2018Make in India\u2019<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2124194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NGOPVs are multi-role naval ships designed for maritime surveillance, anti-piracy, pollution control, and EEZ patrol duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[275,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-next-generation-offshore-patrol-vessel-ngopvs","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46148","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}