INDIAN NAVY TO COMMISSION ANJADIP

• Anjadip is the third ship of the indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) project — an eight-ship class built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
• Commissioned into the Eastern Naval Command at Chennai Port on 27 Feb 2026, ceremony presided by Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, CNS.
• Showcases 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' in defence shipbuilding with >80% indigenous content and a GRSE–L&T Kattupalli Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
• Relevance: GS-III (defence indigenisation, internal security), Prelims (defence platforms, ship-classes).