<h1>Pollution control vessel strengthens maritime pollution response, law enforcement, search and rescue, and Exclusive Economic Zone protection capabilities.</h1> The commissioning of Samudra Pratap provides a dedicated platform to enforce marine pollution control regulations and support maritime law enforcement, enhancing statutory pollution response through onboard oil-fingerprinting, chemical detection, and firefighting systems, while also strengthening search and rescue, interdiction of illicit activities, and protection of the Exclusive Economic Zone; the vessel's indigenous construction advances policy objectives of Aatmanirbharta in defence manufacturing and has procurement and regulatory implications for domestic operational capacity and export strategy.