(a) the space projects initiated in the last five years and the details of the projects pending completion during the said period;
(b) the amount allocated, disbursed and utilized for these projects, project-wise;
(c) the total amount left unutilized and the amount returned; and
(d) the reasons for not initiating new projects in the last two years?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):
(a) The space projects initiated by the Department of Space during the last five years i.e. 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 & 2015-16 include - (i) seven communication satellites viz. GSAT-11, GSAT-14, GSAT-15, GSAT-16, GSAT-17, GSAT-18 and GSAT-19; (ii) eight remote sensing satellites viz. Resourcesat-2A, Cartosat-2E, SCATSAT-1, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), Cartosat-3, RISAT-1A and Oceansat-3 & 3A; (iii) fifteen continuation flights of PSLV and (iv) three space science missions viz. Mars Orbiter Mission, Chandrayaan-2 and Aditya-L1.
Out of these, GSTA-14, GSAT-15, GSTA-16, GSAT-18, SCATSAT-1 and Mars Orbiter Mission have been launched. The projects pending completion in the last five years include Chandrayaan-2, Aditya-L1, Resourcesat-2A and GSAT-11.
(b)&(c) The details of amount allocated, disbursed, utilised, including the amount left unutilised and amount returned for these projects, project-wise are given below:
[Rs. in Crore]
SN Projects Amount Allocated Amount Disbursed as on March 2016 Amount Utilised up to March 2016 Amount left unutilised as on April 01, 2016 Amount returned
1. GSAT-14 45 45 44.99 0.01 0.01
2. GSAT-15 (including launch services) 892.69 830.88 806.4 24.48 **
3. GSAT-16 (including launch services) 897.94 865 864.12 0.88 **
4. GSAT-17 (including launch services) 1013.2 219.3 215.7 3.6 **
5. GSAT-18 (including launch services) 1022 556 555.04 0.96 **
6. GSAT-19 94 5.8 5.67 0.13 **
7. Resourcesat-2A 200 107 106.11 0.89 **
8. Cartosat-2E 160 27.53 26.98 0.55 **
9. SCATSAT-1 80 14 13.59 0.41 **
10. NISAR 513 25.98 22.46 3.52 **
11. Cartosat-3 351.16 18.3 18.16 0.14 **
12. RISAT-1A 490 10.2 9.82 0.38 **
13. Oceansat-3 & 3A 797.17 14.7 0.1 14.6 **
14. PSLV (C36-C50) 3090 136 135.44 0.56 **
15. Mars Orbiter Mission 450 450 447.39 2.61 2.61
16. Chandrayaan-2 603 283.61 273.64 9.97 **
17. GSAT-11 583.5 493 491.47 1.53 **
18. Aditya-L1 378.53 53.55 37 16.55 **
** The amount left un-utilized in the above projects is carried forward to subsequent financial years for completing remaining activities in respective projects. Hence, amount is not returned, until the projects are closed.
(d) The new projects initiated and approval obtained by the Department of Space in the last two years i.e. 2014-15 & 2015-16 include: Cartosat-2E, fifteen continuation flights of PSLV, Cartosat-3, Oceansat-3 & 3A, NISAR, RISAT-1A, GSAT-19, SCATSAT-1, GSAT-17 and GSAT-18.
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