PM commissions India’s first indigenously-built Scorpene submarine

Mumbai, December 14 : Marking an important milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday commissioned and dedicated to the nation the country’s first indigenously-built Scorpene-class submarine ‘INS Kalvari’ into the Indian Navy.
This is the first conventional submarine to be inducted into the Indian Navy after more than 17 years even as the navy’s submarine arm celebrates its golden jubilee in 2017. The submarine, incorporating state-of-the-art features has been built by the Mazagaon Dockyard Limited under its Project 75, with technological collaboration from DCNS, France.