❇️ 1 February
🛳 Indian Coast Guard Day
भारतीय तटरक्षक दिवस
Motto - "वयम रक्षामः" (We Protect")
⛴ To appreciate the remarkable role played by the service in securing the nation's interests in the maritime zones.
⛴This year, India is celebrating its 46th Indian Coast Guard Day.
⛴ The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of a 'Coast Guard' in 1977 with two frigates and five patrol boats transferred from the Indian Navy. Therefore, the Indian Coast Guard came into being on 1 February 1977.
🟢 NEWS
🔷Indian Coast Guard Launched “PADMA” Centralised Payment System
🔶Indian Coast Guard Inducts New Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron 840 CG
🔷National Level Pollution Response Exercise ‘NATPOLREX-VIII’ Of Indian Coast Guard
🔶Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vajra’ Commissioned To The Indian Coast Guard
🟢 HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
CDS: Lt General Anil Chauhan
Air Chief: Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
Army Chief: Manoj Pandey
Naval Chief: Admiral R. Hari Kumar
DRDO Chief: Samir V. Kamat
ITBP Head: Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen
CISF DG: Shri Sheel Vardhan Singh
🟢 Recent Exams Question Conducted by TCS
Name the indigenously built patrol vessel commissioned by the Indian Coast Guard in September 2018. :- ICGS Vijaya
Which Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Indian Coast Guard was launched re-christened as ‘Indian Coast Guard Ship’ in August 2020? :- Sarthak
Note -
By putting previous year questions in this post, I mean that you get an idea of what kind of questions TCS asks from this topic.
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