Deep Ocean Mission

Need

  • India's Exclusive Economic Zone covers 2.2 million square kilometres. And its deep-sea, which contains polymetallic nodules or rare-earth metals, is still "unexplored and unutilized."
  • It is projected that recovering 10% of ocean resources will be enough to supply India's energy needs for the next 100 years.
  • The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a self-governing body formed in 1982 under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), assigns the 'area' for deep-sea mining. In 1987, India became the first country to be designated as a "Pioneer Investor," with the ISA allocating an area of around 1.5 lakh sq ....
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