Further update

JOCs at Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Kochi and Port blair are operational.

The Sagar Prahari bal (SPb) comprising 1,000 personnel has been raised by the Navy. The Indian Navy has signed a ` 300-crore deal with a Sri Lankan shipyard company for the procurement of 80 FICs. The delivery has started and is likely to be completed in a couple of years.

Since 2011, the Indian Navy has strived towards creation of operational and administrative infrastructure in the andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands. Naval base INS Dweeprakshak (Island protector) has been established at Kavaratti in Lakshawadeep for this purpose.

by the end of 2012, ICG was to have 42 CG stations (CGS). at present there are about 36 CGS stations, with the last one being commissioned at Pipavav in Gujarat. Work is in progress for the remaining six.

There are approximately 75 surface vessels in service and many more are on order. ICG plans to double its strength by 2018. There are 45 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft which would be further strengthened with the induction of two medium-range surveillance aircraft in the near future. Other inductions are: ICG Ship Vaibhav, the third in the series of 90 metres class offshore patrol vessel has been commissioned during May 2013. The ICG Ship rajveer, 50-metre inshore patrol vessel (IPVs), the seventh in the series of eight IPVs designed and built a&N administration has formulated a comprehensive security plan for a&N Islands in consultation with Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and other stakeholders, and submitted to the Ministry of Home affairs (MHa). It is to be implemented over a period of eight years, in three phases.