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INS Vikrant: 76% indigenous content

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: INS Vikrant: 76% indigenous content (GS3 · Defence, 24 October 2025)

What happened

  • INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 2 September 2022 with 76% indigenous content [PIB].
  • Designed by the Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and built by Cochin Shipyard, it is the largest warship built in India and carries an air wing of 30 aircraft [PIB].

Background

  • The project engaged 550+ OEMs and 100 MSMEs [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Building a carrier at home proves design and integration skills that feed future warships.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-24): INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 2 September 2022 with 76% indigenous content.
  2. Building a carrier at home proves design and integration skills that feed future warships.
Quotable data point

Designed by the Navy's Warship Design Bureau and built by Cochin Shipyard, it is the largest warship built in India and carries an air wing of 30 aircraft.

PIB: PIB Backgrounder: INS Vikrant, 24 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: INS Vikrant facts.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Commissioned on

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Indigenous content

Answer (c) & explanation

PIB.

Practice · UPSC

Builder

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: PIB Backgrounder: INS Vikrant, 24 Oct 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending