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Detailed explanation-1: -This Scorpene-class submarine was built in India by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai, in collaboration with France’s Naval Group.

Detailed explanation-2: -What’s Project 75? Project-75 includes the indigenous construction of six diesel-electric attack submarines of Scorpene design. The submarines are being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai in collaboration with the Naval Group of France.

Detailed explanation-3: -INS Vela (S24) is the fourth submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Scorpène class, designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-4: -Project 75 is aimed at building six conventional Scorpene class submarines indigenously. Project 75i, on the other hand, is aimed at building submarines that would be larger than the Project 75 submarines along with the Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) system.

Detailed explanation-5: -The INS Vela (Indian Naval Ship Vela) has been commissioned on the 25th of Nov, 2021. It is a stealth scorpene class submarine designed and manufactured under project 75.