Lok Sabha Question No. 62 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Space Projects
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.62

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016

## SPACE PROJECTS

- SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (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;
- the  total  amount  left  unutilized  and  the  amount  returned;
- (c) and
- (d) the  reasons  for  not  initiating  new  projects  in  the  last  two years?

## ANSWER

## 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:
- ** 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, GSAT19, SCATSAT-1, GSAT-17 and GSAT-18.

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|   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 | **   |

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