Vessel to be built by GRSE to explore Indian Ocean for rare minerals: Official

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will construct an 89.5-meter-long research vessel for deep sea exploration under a pact with the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR). This vessel will be the largest built in an Indian shipyard for such purposes and will support India's Deep Ocean Mission, aiming to explore the Indian Ocean for rare minerals and metals.