This class is intended to replace the ten old Hainan-class submarine chasers.

Mr. Saurabh Kumar; Senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief; Indian Navy Eastern Naval Command Headquarters and Head of Head Admiral Atul Kumar Jain; Commander, Yangon Division Military Headquarters.

The uniqueness of this class is that the ships are equipped with three waterjet propulsers to secretly track and attack submarines and to improve maneuverability by reducing noise produced from the engines and propellers.

The basic purpose of this class is to quietly track and destroy submarines in the country's exclusive economic zone.

The ships are also equipped with two triple torpedo launchers for Shyena torpedoes, two RBU-1200 ASW rocket launchers and two LDC (large depth charge) throwers and naval mines as the anti-submarine weapons (ASW).