India Seriously Considering Blue Water Navy After Operation Sindoor; Parliamentary Panel Discusses…

NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Tuesday mentioned India’s Indian Ocean Strategy together with the speculation of the Blue Water Navy. Talking to journalists after the assembly, Chairman of Committee Shashi Tharoor stated that Operation Sindoor was once now not mentioned, however one of the parts that changed into obvious right through that war of words got here up in conversations.

Apart from the individuals, the assembly was once attended via Defence Secretary, Secretary (East) in MEA and Vice Chief of Navy. The schedule of the assembly was once ‘Evaluation of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy’ with representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Defence to present oral proof for exam of the topic.

Tharoor described the dialogue as “outstanding” and stated each and every one of the crucial committee individuals provide requested questions. “We had an ongoing subject called India’s Indian Ocean Strategy, which is a foreign policy subject that has important defence dimensions. We also had the Defence Secretary and the Navy present to brief us. The discussions were outstanding. We spent more than two-and-a-half hours in serious conversation on various aspects, which you will see in the report submitted to Parliament. We were blessed to have the Vice Chief of the Navy, the Defence Secretary, and the Secretary East of the Ministry of External Affairs. It was a very thorough discussion,” Tharoor stated.

“Every single one of the committee members present asked questions… It’s a tremendous sense of involvement in this discussion. We’ll have a good report coming out of this very comprehensive discussion… All of this (Blue Water Navy) was discussed… The whole idea of the Blue Water Navy, our military capacity beyond that, everything was thoroughly discussed,” he added.

The MPs provide on the assembly integrated BJP’s Nishikant Dubey, Arun Govil and RPN Singh and Congress MP KC Venugopal. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) had ultimate month hosted the “Second Blue Talks” within the nationwide capital. The tournament was once hosted in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Costa Rica in India.

India’s maritime heritage is deeply rooted in its historic traditions and wealthy historical past, with references to maritime actions discovered as early because the Rig Veda. Evidence from Indian literature, artwork, sculpture, portray, and archaeology underscores the life of a colourful maritime custom that formed the country’s id.

Modern India’s maritime prowess manifests throughout all domain names with its spectacular 7,500 km sea coast, 13 fundamental ports, and 200 non-major ports, setting up it as an undisputed maritime powerhouse. Indian port’s outstanding annual dealing with shipment capability underscores the maritime sector’s pivotal position in our financial panorama. The maritime sector facilitates round 95% of India’s business quantity, and that accounts for 70% of its price, capitalising at the nation’s strategic Indian Ocean place. India’s Navy is a full-fledged “Blue Water Force with Green Footprint”.