Indian Coast Guard inducts first indigenously built Pollution Control Vessel Samudra Pratap

Exam-focused facts from the 25 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

‘Samudra Pratap’ is the first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel of the Indian Coast Guard.
The vessel is equipped with Dynamic Positioning capability (DP-1), with FiFi-2 / FFV-2 notation certificate.
It carries an Oil finger printing machine, Gyro stabilized Standoff Active Chemical Detector and PC lab equipment enabling comprehensive pollution response operations within the Exclusive Economic Zone and beyond.