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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Monday visited the Information Management and Analysis Centre, IMAC and Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region, IFC-IOR located at Gurugram to review the functioning of both centres.

The Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and other senior officials briefed him on further enhancing the capabilities of the two centres under the National Maritime Domain Awareness, NMDA Project.

The NMDA project was launched in accordance with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Security And Growth for All in the Region. Defence Minister was also briefed on the IFC-IOR, which is a collaborative initiative by the Indian Navy in coordination with partner nations and multi-national maritime agencies to Enhance Maritime Domain Awareness and Maritime Security. The Centre is likely to host International Liaison Officers from the partner nations in the near future.