Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- The commissioning of INS Mahe, the first of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), reaffirms the Navy's steadfast transformation into a Builders' Navy, one that designs, constructs, and sustains its own combat platforms, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi said on Monday.

INS Mahe was commissioned into the Indian Navy by COAS Dwivedi at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai today.

"The commissioning of INS Mahe reaffirms the Navy's steadfast transformation into a Builders' Navy, one that designs, constructs, and sustains its own combat platforms. Today, over 75 percent platforms of the Navy's capital acquisition are sourced indigenously. From warships and submarines to high sona...