Question : SPACE COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL

(a) whether the Government has a proposal to establish bilateral space cooperation with Israel; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPACE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (ADDITIONAL CHARGE) (SHRI S.B. MOOKHERJEE):

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) An agreement has been signed between the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Israel Space Agency in October 2002 on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.