PM Modi to commission INS Vikrant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hand over the first indigenous aircraft carrier ‘INS Vikrant’ to the Navy on Friday. It is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India.
INS Vikrant has been developed with indigenous state-of-the-art automatic equipment built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore at the Cochin Shipyard. During the event, the Prime Minister also unveiled a”new naval flag (mark), which will be in line with the rich Indian maritime heritage, leaving behind the colonial past”.