INS Viraat INS Viraat is planned to be decommissioned after it participates in the International Fleet Review 2016. Government has received a letter from Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel, Honble MP Dakshin Kannada for setting up an Aircraft Carrier Museum on INS Viraat, at Mangaluru. Some other coastal states have also shown their interest. Accordingly, all the coastal State Governments including State Government of Karnataka have been requested to convey their firm commitment in view of large financial support required for this project. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel in Lok Sabha today. DM/NAMPI/RAJ
