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Rajya Sabha
The Government has approved a long term perspective plan for the indigenous construction of submarines and acquisition of national competence in submarine building. Project 75 is a part of this plan.
Presently the available submarines are maintained and operated to meet the operational requirement of the Navy. The existing submarines are provided Mid-Life Update (MLU) to extend their service life.
Although, at present M/s Mazagon Docks Limited has no orders to build new submarines, the submarine building capability of the yard is being maintained through the MLU of submarines that the yard is tasked to perform from time to time.
The submarines would become due for decommissioning as and when their service life expires.
This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a written reply to Smt SG Indira in Rajya Sabha today.
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