"Sixty-three ships are under construction out of which 61 are being built in India... We are giving thurst to self-reliance as per the directives of the government," Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said. Noting that patrol boat INS Ajay, the first naval ship to be built in India, was by GRSE, he said that the country has come a long way from there to build various ships like landing crafts, landing ships, corvettes, frigates, destroyers and aircraft carrier.