The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned the fifth diesel-electric Kalvari-class submarine Vagir.

• It is among the six submarines being built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai, in collaboration with the French M/s Naval Group under Project 75.
• Four of these submarines have already been commissioned into the Navy and a sixth will be commissioned next year. 
• “The induction of Vagir is another step towards the Indian Navy consolidating its position as a builder’s Navy, as it also reflects MDL’s capabilities as a premier ship and submarine building yard”, the government said in a press release.