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Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 35th anniversary
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sati


The Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 35th anniversary today. Since its inception, the service has grown into a multi-faceted and vibrant force, maintaining ‘round the clock’ vigil in the Maritime Zones of India, by deploying its multi-role ships and aircraft.

The coast guard began with a modest inventory of two ex-naval frigates, the service today boasts of a force-level of 68 ships and 52 aircraft.Last years alone one ship, four interceptor boats, four Dornier aircraft and two Chetak helicopters have been commissioned into service, in addition to the establishment of six CG Stations and two Air Enclaves.

The Indian Coast Guard today, is on a path of rapid expansion, as a large number of state-of-art ships, boats and aircraft are under-construction at various shipyards/PSUs. The service is expected to attain a force-level of 77 surface platforms and 56 aircraft by end 2012. The Coast Guard will also have 42 CG Stations, four Air Stations and 11 Air Enclaves functioning all along the coast, by the end of 2012.

On the manpower front, the service has initiated several measures to augment its manpower viz. introduction of short service appointment for women officers and CPL holders, increase in number of recruitment centres, departmental promotions of outstanding Subordinate Officers and conduct of special recruitment drives.

As far as CG operations are concerned, an average of 18 ships and five aircraft are tasked daily, to keep the vast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and coastline under constant surveillance. Further, the establishment of Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) is being progressed to boost the surveillance capabilities along the coastline. 46 CSN Stations are being set-up under Phase-I of the project.

Coastal Security has been on the fore-front of CG operations for the past few years. Today, Coast Guard stations and coastal marine police stations are functioning as ‘Hub and Spoke’ for information outflow. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for coastal security of all the coastal States / Union Territories have been promulgated by the Indian Coast Guard. Synergy amongst various stake-holders is achieved by conduct of regular exercises and operations, and subsequent review of the SOPs. 17 such exercises and 19 operations have been conducted during the last one year.

The service has also formed a bond with fishermen, by conducting regular community interaction programmes, so that they act as ‘eyes and ears’ for coastal security. About 400 such community interaction programs have been conducted since Jan 2011. Provisioning of biometric identity cards for fishermen and uniform registration of fishing boats for precise identification at sea, is under progress.



Search and Rescue operations within the Indian Search and Rescue Region are undertaken by the Indian Coast Guard. Professional and dedicated efforts of the service have resulted in saving of 415 lives last year. A Search and Rescue exercise was also conducted off Mumbai on 14 Jan 12, in which international observers from seven countries participated.

The Indian Coast Guard has carved a niche for itself at the international level and is today recognised as a leading Coast Guard in the region. Institutionalized visits as per Memorandum of Cooperation/Understanding with Japan Coast Guard and Korea Coast Guard are being conducted regularly. On 29 Jan 12, a combined Indo-Japan Coast Guard exercise was conducted off Chennai. The Indian Coast Guard, also hosted a Capacity Building Workshop with ReCAAP (Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia) in Nov last year, at Goa. In addition, a bi-annual Joint exercise ‘Dosti’ is also conducted with the Maldives National Defence Force.

The Indian Coast Guard has evolved into a mature and highly capable maritime force with state-of-the-art ships, boats and aircraft. The theme of the Indian Coast Guard for the year 2012 is ‘Focused on Maritime Safety and Security’, which aptly reflects the commitment and resolve of the service, and is in tune with its motto ‘Vayam Rakshamah’ meaning ‘We Protect’.

The latest in its success stories is the rescuing of a merchant vessel from pirates in a coordinated action off-Chennai coast on Monday along with the Japanese Coast Guard.

Indian Coast Guard has a current inventory of 93 ships (80 more under construction) and 46 aircrafts.
Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 35th anniversary | India Dreams Big
 
Happy Birthday to our coast guard, they should get some good gift from the government such as better investment.
 
^^ But we also paid a hefty price for that. I just hope that we buy Indian made ships for the coast guards.
 
^^ But we also paid a hefty price for that. I just hope that we buy Indian made ships for the coast guards.

we are buy and already has indian ships!

Surface vessels
Ships belonging to the Indian Coast Guard are prefixed ICGS, abbreviation for Indian Coast Guard Ship.
Ship Class Type Origin Displacement In service Notes
In Service: 93 ships
Sankalp class Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel India 2300 tons 2 [12]
Samar class Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel India 2005 tons 5
Vishwast class Offshore Patrol Vessel India 1800 tons 2
Vikram class Offshore Patrol Vessel 1220 tons 9
Samudra class Pollution Control Vessel(PCV) India 3300 tons 1
Jijabai Class Inshore Patrol Vessels 200 tons 13
Vadyar Class Interceptor Craft 2.4 tons 8
Bristol Class Interceptor Craft 5.5 tons 4
Interceptor Boat India 32 tons 12
Fast Patrol Vessel 215 tons 15
Extra Fast Patrol Vessel (XFPV) India 270 tons 7
Seaward Defence Boat 203 tons 2
Inshore Patrol Craft Republic of Korea 32 tons 5
Air Cushion Vehicle (Hovercraft) United Kingdom N.A. 6
Under Construction/Order: 80 ships
Sankalp Class Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel India 2230 tons 1 being built
Vishwast class Offshore Patrol Vessel India 1800 tons 1 on order
Samudra class Pollution Control Vessel(PCV) India 3300 tons 2 being built
Rani Abbakka Class Inshore Patrol Vessel India 275 tons 2 being built
+ 6 on order
Interceptor Boat India 75 tons 1 being built
+ 5 on order
ABG fast interceptor crafts Interceptor Boat India 75 tons 9 built+ 2 on order
Air Cushion Vehicle (Hovercraft) United Kingdom N.A. 12 on order
(Hydrofoils) United Kingdom N.A. 12 on order
L&T fast interceptor crafts Interceptor Boat India 36 on order L&T
Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) India 20 on order Cochin
[edit]Aircraft inventory
Aircraft Origin Type Variants In service[13] Notes
HAL Dhruv India Utility helicopter 4
HAL Chetak India Utility helicopter 18
Dornier Do 228 Germany
India Maritime Surveillance
Search & Rescue Do 228-101 24 18 built by HAL
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except 5 interceptor boats from south korea and 6 hover crafts from U.K all vessels are indian.
also except 6 aircrafts all others are made in india too!
 
the CG have the most teeth to people ratio in the armed services. which means they have more weapons platforms(ie:ships and patrol crafts) to the person than any other service.
 
Yes, happy b'day. My what a. If, strong force you've grown into! Lol

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DAMN!!
 

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