From Project-75I to Project-76: What PM's Hazira visit reveals about India's submarine plans

Key points

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to L&T's Hazira facility underscored India's renewed focus on indigenous submarine development.
• During the visit, the Prime Minister was presented with what is believed to be a scale model of the Project-76 submarine.
• Designed by the Naval Design Bureau, these submarines are expected to be developed and made in India.
• The project aims to address the Indian Navy's growing submarine shortfall.At present, the Navy operates 16 conventional diesel-electric submarines across the Kalvari, Sindhughosh and Shishumar classes.
• Of these, only the six Kalvari-class submarines are slated to receive indigenously developed Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems.