ANSWER: GPS enabled device
Explanation:
- Following frequent instances of fishing crews from Maharashtra and Gujarat being arrested for accidentally crossing international maritime boundaries, a Mumbai-based digital firm and an NGO have come up with a device that will send out an alert when they enter international waters.
- To help these fishermen, a Mumbai-based NGO ‘Work in India’ and a digital firm Kinetic India and have come up with a device called Mukhota.
- The Mukhota is GPS-enabled and coded in such a way that once it comes near the coastal border, it sends out an alert.
- For now, each device costs Rs 5,000 but after receiving grants from state governments, the cost will be reduced to make it more easily affordable.
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