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Brain-booster / 29 Sep 2022

Brain Booster for UPSC & State PCS Examination (Topic: Taragiri)

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Why in News?

  • Taragiri, a frigate under Project 17A, was launched on 11 September 2022 from Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.

About “Taragiri”:

  • Taragiri is named after a mountain range in the Himalayas located in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.
  • It is the fifth ship of Project 17A frigates.
  • These ships are improved versions of P17 frigates (Shivalik class).
  • The launch weight of the ship is about 3510 tonnes.
  • Integrated construction methodology is used during ship building.
  • It involves hull blocks construction in different geographical locations and integration/erection on Slipway at MDL.
  • The ship has been designed by the Indian Navy's in-house design organization- Bureau of Naval Design.

Taragiri will have:

  • State-of-the-art weapons,
  • Sensors,
  • An advanced action information system,
  • An integrated platform management system,
  • World-class modular living spaces,
  • A sophisticated power distribution system,
  • A host of other advanced features.
  • It will be fitted with a surface-tosurface supersonic missile system.
  • Air defence capability: Designed to counter the threat of enemy aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles will revolve around the vertical launch and long range surface to air missile system.
  • Two 30 mm rapid-fire guns will provide the ship with near-defense capability
  • One SRGM (Super Rapid Gun Mount) gun will enable it to provide effective naval gunfire support.

About Project-17A:

  • Project 17 Alpha Frigates (P-17A) was launched by the Indian Navy in 2019.
  • The project was launched to build a series of 7 stealth guided-missile frigates.
  • Manufacturing is taking place at two companies–Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) (4 Frigates) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) ( 3 Frigates).
  • Under the P17A programme, 5 ships have been launched.
  • Nilgiri,
  • Udaygiri,
  • Taragiri,
  • Himgiri
  • Dunagiri
  • Keeping 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' in mind, 75% of the orders for equipment and systems of Project 17A ships are being placed to indigenous firms including MSMEs.

Benefits of Shipbuilding Industry:

  • A ‘strategic industry’, with a vital role to play in the nation’s security as well as industrialisation and job creation.
  • It will boost the nation’s oceanbased ‘blue economy’.
  • ‘Civil-military integration’ will mean modern infrastructure and skilled manpower of civil shipyards can be utilised for Navy’s programmes.

Challenges to Indian shipbuilding industry:

  • Statutory burden
  • Levies
  • Bank guarantees
  • Working capital
  • Lack of educational institutions

Opportunities for Indian shipbuilding industry:

  1. Low labor cost
  2. Strong domestic demand
  3. Supporting industry infrastructure for some components
  4. Long coastline
  5. Replacement demand
  6. New-building prices