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Rising Kashmir > Blog > Politics > ‘Blue Economy’ to be major contributor to India’s overall economy: Dr Jitendra
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‘Blue Economy’ to be major contributor to India’s overall economy: Dr Jitendra

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Last updated: May 11, 2023 12:41 am
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New Delhi, May 10: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that in the years to come, “Blue Economy” will be major contributor to India’s overall economy and the Deep Ocean Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the core component of it. 
The minister was chairing the first-ever high-level Steering Committee Meeting of Deep Ocean Mission today at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi. The Committee consists of Union Ministers of State of Environment, External Affairs, Defence and Finance in addition to Vice Chairman Niti Aayog. 
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Deep Ocean Mission is part of Government of India’s Blue Economy initiative.The mission, said the Minister, heralds India’s ushering into an era of “Blue Economy” which is going to play a major part in building India’s overall economy during the years to come. 
The Deep Ocean Mission is a high-level multi-ministerial, multi-disciplinary programme for better understanding of the deep sea living and non-living resources of the Indian Ocean and will aid in India’s efforts to attain the Blue Economy status. 
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change,  Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, Ajay Bhatt, Minister of State, Ministry of Defense, Suman K Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Dr M Ravichandran , Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences and other senior officers of various ministries attended the meeting. 
The Mission Steering Committee (MSC) is the highest policy-making body constituted under the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM). The MSC will provide broad policy direction to the mission and exercise the main programme and governance for the deep ocean sector and advise the other committee in policy and implementation strategies. The MSC chaired by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today reviewed the progress of DOM of various components.
Dr Jitendra further said that the technologies developed under the mission would help in exploration of the oceans and possible harnessing of non-living resources like energy, fresh water and strategic minerals. The design and development of subsystems of the manned submersible to carry three humans has been completed and integration is in progress. 
Talking about ocean resources, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the exploration of strategic minerals like cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese are expected to pave the way for future commercial exploitation of these resources. 
In the meeting, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that the mission aims to boost the Central government’s vision of ‘New India’ that highlights the blue economy as one of the ten core dimensions of growth. 
Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan said that it is essential that the Mission involves all stakeholders and takes everyone into confidence especially the communities residing in the coastal regions of the country.
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Defense, Ajay Bhatt appreciated the Ministry of Earth Sciences for progress it has achieved in making the Deep Ocean Mission a reality and ensured all the support from the Ministry of Defense and the Indian Coast Guard.
Suman K Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog said that there is a lot of potential in the Deep Ocean Mission.
 
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