INS Anjadip - built with indigenous SAIL steel to join Indian Navy fleet

• INS Anjadip is the third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvette commissioned into the Indian Navy, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, using indigenous special-grade steel supplied by SAIL.
• Strategic significance: showcases convergence of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in defence, indigenisation of warship-grade steel (DMR-grade), and replacement of legacy Soviet-era Abhay-class vessels.
• UPSC relevance: GS-III (defence indigenisation, PSU role, internal security), Prelims (ship names, builder, steel plants, ministry).