Sea Vigil and Topex

Subject: Defence Exercise

Context: Navy is set to conduct Sea Vigil a coastal defence exercise on January 12 and 14.

Concept:

Sea vigil is a biennial coastal defence exercise conducted by Indian Navy along the entire coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India (What are EEZ and Continental Self? – Optimize IAS)
It includes all 13 coastal states and UTs, with other maritime stakeholders (Indian Air Force, Coast Guard, National Security Guard, the Border Security Force, oil handling agencies and airports) and coastal and fishing communities.
Its conduct is being facilitated by Ministries of Defence, Home Affairs, Shipping, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Fisheries, Customs, State Governments and other agencies of Centre/ State.
It aims at assessing strengths and weaknesses along coast to boost maritime and national security.
Theatre Level Readiness and Operational Exercise (TROPEX) is an inter-service military exercise involving the participation of the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and the Coast Guard.
TROPEX was started as an annual exercise in 2005 and is now a biennial exercise.
TROPEX extending over a month is done in three phases:

TROPEX focusses on combat readiness of Indian navy as well as Indian army, Air force and also seeks to ensure interoperability and jointness for overall security.