{"id":52707,"date":"2021-09-19T04:32:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T04:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=52707"},"modified":"2021-09-19T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T05:01:48","slug":"upsc-daily-important-topics-18-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/upsc-daily-important-topics-18-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Daily Important Topics &#8211; 18 September 2021 | Gkseries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>DEEP OCEAN MISSION<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOPIC &#8211; Govt. Initiative, Oceanography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cabinet committee on economic Affairs chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) on &#8221; Deep Ocean Mission&#8221;, with a view to explore the deep ocean for resources and develop deep-sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean recourses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission proposes to explore the deep ocean similar to the space exploration started by ISRO about 35 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus of the mission will be on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles, and underwater robotics-related technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two key projects planned in the &#8220;Deep Ocean Mission&#8221; report include a destination plant powered by tidal energy and a submersible vehicle that can explore depths of at least 6000 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SIGNIFICANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission will give a boost to efforts to explore India&#8217;s vast Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan will enable India to develop capabilities to exploit recourses in the Central India Ocean Basin (CIOB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEEP OCEAN MISSION TOPIC &#8211; Govt. 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