About the Mission With a view to explore deep ocean for resources and develop deep sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean resources, the Government of India launched the Deep Ocean Mission as a central sector scheme in 2021. The …
What’s in the news? In 2024, the overarching scheme “PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)” of the Ministry of Earth Sciences was launched to study the atmosphere, ocean, predicting weather and Earth system sciences. The scheme would be implemented till 2026 and encompasses …
What is it? It is an initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) in collaboration with ISRO, DRDO, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Indian Navy. …
What’s in the news? The Union Cabinet has recently approved the overarching scheme “PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)” of the Ministry of Earth Sciences for implementation during the period 2021-26 at an overall cost of Rs. 4797 crores. The PRITHVI scheme encompasses …