Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)

Kochi, 07 September 2026 — The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), operating under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, has officially commenced the five-day “Deep-sea Macrofauna Taxonomy School: Standardizing Methodologies for Biodiversity…

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), in association with Knowledge Partner EY and NITI Aayog, convened a high-level Industry Outreach Workshop on “Deep Sea Mining – Business Opportunities and Strategic Importance” at…

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), is entrusted with developing technologies for the reliable and sustainable harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the deep ocean. A seabed mining system has been developed, for which…

Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) is a flagship initiative launched by the Government of India in 2021, encompassing activities across six verticals. These verticals are (1) Development of Technologies for Deep-sea mining, Human Submersible and underwater robotics, (2) Development of Ocean Climate…

MATSYA-6000 has been successfully designed and completed wet/harbour trials demonstrating functionality (including floatation, vehicle stability, manoeuvrability, power, communication, and control devices) and human support and safety systems in January-February 2025. The 500-meter…

The Deep Ocean Mission encompasses six verticals, which are (1) Development of Technologies for Deep-sea mining, Human Submersible and underwater robotics, (2) Development of Ocean Climate Change Advisory Services, (3) Technological Innovations for exploration and conservation of deep-sea…

National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences has designed a deep-sea bed mining system aiming at sustainable harvesting of polymetallic nodules from depths of up to 5500 m. A remotely operable submersible (ROSUB 6000) and a…

Ministry is only carrying out exploration activities beyond national jurisdiction in the Indian Ocean for seabed minerals like polymetallic nodules and polymetallic sulphides based on the signed contracts with the International Seabed Authority (ISA), an UN body under United Nations on the…

India has taken exploration activities in the 75000 sq. km area allocated by International Seabed Authority in the Central Indian Ocean Basin. The area has been uniformly sampled for nodules at an interval of 12.5 km to estimate the abundance and grade of nodules. Besides, baseline data…

Under the Deep Ocean Mission, development of technology and systems to harvest polymetallic nodules from depths of about 5500 m is taken up by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) under the Ministry. IMD has fifteen (15) unmanned H-AWOS procured and installed at the following…