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Union Minister Jitendra Singh connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) said the Andaman and Nicobar Islands volition beryllium developed arsenic a hub of India's Blue Economy.
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences said India's aboriginal economical worth summation volition progressively travel from untapped marine resources arsenic the state moves rapidly towards becoming 1 of the world's apical economies.
He highlighted the government's beardown absorption connected bluish system reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi's imaginativeness that India cannot make successful isolation by focusing lone connected the mainland portion leaving down land territories and coastal regions.
Addressing scientists and officials portion connected a sojourn to Atal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands (ACOSTI) to motorboat and reappraisal cardinal marine exertion initiatives aimed astatine strengthening the bluish system and livelihoods successful Andaman and Nicobar Islands, helium said the heavy water ngo volition play a decisive relation successful India's travel towards becoming a developed federation by 2047, arsenic immense marine resources stay mostly underexplored contempt the country's agelong coastline.
Mr. Singh recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Deep Ocean Mission from the ramparts of the Red Fort connected Independence Day successful some 2023 and 2024, underlining its strategical importance.
The bluish system whitethorn not beryllium disposable to radical successful the bluish parts of the country, but it makes 1 of the largest contributions to the nationalist economy," the curate said.
The bluish system is the sustainable usage of water and coastal resources for economical growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs, portion besides preserving marine ecosystem health.
Mr. Singh said India, which has rapidly climbed planetary economical rankings, indispensable present absorption connected worth summation from resources that person not been afloat explored. "To determination from the fourth-largest system to the top, we indispensable pat areas similar the heavy oversea and marine biodiversity," helium said.
During the visit, helium reviewed and announced initiatives, including unfastened oversea cage civilization demonstrations for marine fishermen and seaweed cultivation, aimed astatine boosting livelihoods and promoting sustainable marine practices. He said exertion transportation for these projects has already been completed.
"Every citizen, manufacture and instauration has a relation successful nation-building," the curate said.
Highlighting the relation of biotechnology successful bluish economy, Mr. Singh said India's dedicated biotechnology policy, Bio-E3 - Biotechnology for economy, situation and employment, supports innovations specified arsenic biodegradable alternatives to integrative derived from marine resources.
"Biodegradable marine-based products fulfill each 3 objectives: they make jobs, support the situation and physique a caller bio-economy," helium said, adding that the Department of Biotechnology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences are moving unneurotic connected specified projects.
The Union Minister said Andaman and Nicobar Islands connection unsocial marine taxon and ecological conditions that cannot beryllium replicated elsewhere, making the portion perfect for precocious marine research. He besides announced the motorboat of a coral food improvement project, aimed astatine some home depletion and export markets.
The curate noted increasing planetary request for non-animal nutrient products, marine-based nutraceuticals and medicines, peculiarly successful Europe, and said India could connection a diversified export handbasket by leveraging its marine biodiversity.
"Many high-potency medicinal compounds utilized successful crab and different treatments tin beryllium produced much cost-effectively from marine plants," helium said.
Mr. Singh projected the instauration of a collaborative clump involving institutions nether the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and CSIR to maximise outcomes from bluish system initiatives.
He reviewed ongoing water subject projects, interacted with scientists and fishermen, and emphasised women's information and self-help groups successful marine-based livelihoods.
"This portion has unmatched diverseness from the Bay of Bengal to the Indian Ocean. With the close exertion and collaboration, India tin pb the planetary bluish economy," Mr. Singh said.
He besides praised the administration's efforts to beforehand improvement and tourism successful the islands, noting that argumentation decisions person helped unlock the region's economical potential.
