(a) whether the Government has formulated a policy for supporting the overall growth of space activities with increased level of private participation; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has formulated a policy for supporting the overall growth of space activities with increased level of private participation; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):
(a) & (b)
Department of Space has drawn a long term perspective plan, addressing various facets of Indian space programme viz., Space Transportation Systems, Space Infrastructure, Space Applications and Capacity Building. In order to cope up with the enhanced national requirements of space systems and services, ISRO is making focused efforts, through appropriate transfer of technology and hand-holding, to enhance involvement of Indian industries towards productionisation of integrated systems/ subsystems, including assembly and testing by vendor as per ISRO’s design. Towards this, discussions are being held with the Indian industry towards formulating a plan & strategy to enhance the capacity and capability of managing the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) programme on an end to end basis. ISRO has involved a consortium of industries for Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) of two similar satellites, wherein the sub-systems and infrastructure is being provided by ISRO.
The Government is in the process of formulating a National Space Act for supporting the overall growth of space activities with increased level of private participation.
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