Indian Navy’s latest stealth frigate ‘INS Taragiri’ commissioned in Visakhapatnam

• INS Taragiri is the fourth ship of the Project 17A (Nilgiri-class) indigenous stealth frigate programme, commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 03 April 2026.
• Designed by the Indian Navy's Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), Mumbai with >75% indigenous content — a flagship of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in defence shipbuilding.
• For UPSC: combines themes of indigenous defence manufacturing, Indian Ocean security, PSU–MSME ecosystem, and naval doctrine — examinable across GS-III (Security) and GS-II (Governance/Defence).