Deep Ocean Mission | Exploring the Unknown Depths

Oceans, which cover 70 per cent of the globe, remain a key part of our life. About 95 per cent of Deep Ocean remains unexplored. For India, with its three sides surrounded by the oceans and around 30 per cent of the country’s population living in coastal areas, ocean is a major economic factor supporting fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, livelihoods and blue trade.

Contents

1 OVERVIEW OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION
2 OBJECTIVE AND BENEFITS OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION
3 HOW TO APPLY FOR DEEP OCEAN MISSION
4 EXTERNAL LINKS

OVERVIEW OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION

Name	Deep Ocean Mission
Also known as	DOM
Nodal ministry	Ministry of Earth Science
Launched by	Government of India
Launched on	29 October 2021
Launched in support of	Blue Economy
Sector	Central sector scheme
Status	Active
Budget	4077 crore
Official website	https://moes.gov.in/schemes/dom?language_content_entity=en

OBJECTIVE AND BENEFITS OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION

The Deep Ocean Mission plan will enable India to develop capabilities to exploit resources in the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB).One of the major objectives of this project is to mine and extract polymetallic nodules (PMN). The UN International SeaBed Authority has allotted India 75000 sq. kilometers in CIOB for the exploration of these polymetallic nodules.