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Why Is India Looking for Treasure on the Ocean Floor? 🌊

India is studying a huge part of the deep ocean to find metal‑rich rocks.

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Key Points

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The government signed an agreement to explore about 75,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor.

Robotic machines have successfully operated at more than five thousand metres deep.

The extracted metals will support electric cars, batteries and other clean‑energy technology.

The project is funded with about forty‑billion Indian rupees under the Deep Ocean Mission.

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Scientists have built robots that can work at depths over five thousand meters 🤖.

The metals such as nickel, cobalt and copper are needed for clean‑energy devices.

The plan includes working with businesses to turn the rocks into useful products.

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10 words

deep‑sea mining

digging for valuable rocks far down under the ocean water.

critical minerals

important metals needed for things like electric cars and clean energy.

polymetallic nodules

round lumps on the sea floor that contain many different metals.

geopolitical

relating to how countries work together or compete.

indigenous technology

machines and tools made by a country’s own scientists.

subsea

under the sea.

metallurgy

the science of working with metals.

battery manufacturing

making the power packs that run phones and cars.

exploitation code

the set of rules that decides how to safely take resources from the sea.

International Seabed Authority

the world group that looks after the ocean floor that belongs to everyone.

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