India to Launch Mission to Explore Offshore Oil, Gas: PM PTI 15 Aug 2025 10:07 AM IST We wish to operate in objective mode to check out the reserves of oil and gas below the sea. 19659006 19659007 Prime Minister Narendra Modi deals with the country from the Red Fort on the celebration of the 79th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) 19659008 New Delhi: India is going to introduce the National Deep Water Exploration Mission to check out the reserves of oil and gas below the sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Friday. Resolving the country from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, the prime minister stated India is working to end up being self-reliant and energy independent and for that reason, it is moving towards a (churning of the ocean). 19659009 he stated. 19659010 (Source: PTI) 19659011 < img src = 19459001 alt = title = >