Article in India Today reported that since 1990, the Indian Navy has lost one warship in peacetime every five years.
While peacetime losses of warships are not uncommon, the magazine mentioned that few global navies have such a dubious record.
[1] According to the Times of India, while some of accidents reported since August 2013 were serious, many of them were trivial incidents exaggerated in public.
[1] However naval commentators also argue that as India's large navy of 160 ships clocks around 12,000 ship-days at sea every year, in varied waters and weather, some incidents are inevitable.
[5][6] The navy is envisaging a new 'Safety Organisation' to improve safety of its warships, nuclear submarines and aircraft in view of its planned increase in fleet strength over the next decade.