Lok Sabha Question No. 640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Space Technology
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 640

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

640. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:
2. Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
3. (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  leverage  India's outstanding space technology capabilities for expanding its diplomatic  initiatives  of  assisting  other  countries  in  the world; commercially non-commercially; and
4. if so, the details thereof and the efforts made during the last three years, country-wise, year-wise and if not, the reasons

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- Yes, Sir.
- (b) During  the  last  three-year  period  India  has  shared  space expertise through signing of cooperative documents, training on nano satellite  building  and  training  on  space  technology applications. The details are given below:
- (b) therefor?

## Non- Commercial Activities:-

| Cooperative documents signed with                                                                                                                                                          | Training on nano satellite building   | Training on space technology applications                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year: 2017 (September - December)                                                                                                                                                          | Year: 2017 (September - December)     | Year: 2017 (September - December)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| USA, Japan, Afghanistan.                                                                                                                                                                   | NIL                                   | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leonean, Singapore, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.                      |
| Year: 2018                                                                                                                                                                                 | Year: 2018                            | Year: 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Algeria, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Europe (EC), France, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Morocco, Oman, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, South Africa, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. | NIL                                   | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Peru, Singapore, , Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam. |
| Year: 2019                                                                                                                                                                                 | Year: 2019                            | Year: 2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Bahrain, Bhutan, Bolivia, Europe (ESA                                                                                                                                                      | Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan,       | Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

| and EUMETSAT), Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mongolia, Netherlands, South Korea, Tunisia, United States.   | Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Vietnam.   | Cote D'ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year: 2020 (till now)                                                                                         | Year: 2020 (till now)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Year: 2020 (till now)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| France, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, United States.                                                                | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Democratic Republic of Congo.                                                                                                                                   |

## Commercial Activities:-

| International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19   | International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19   | International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19   |
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| Year                                                                      | No. of International Customer Satellites launched                         | Countries to which satellite belongs                                      |

|   International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19 |   International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19 | International Customer Satellites launched on-board PSLV during 2017-19                                                                                          |
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|                                                                      2017 |                                                                       130 | Austria; Belgium; Chile; Czech Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Lithuania; The Netherlands; Slovakia; UAE; UK; USA. |
|                                                                      2018 |                                                                        60 | Australia; Canada; Columbia; Finland; France; Malaysia; The Netherlands; Republic of Korea; Spain; UK; USA.                                                      |
|                                                                      2019 |                                                                        50 | Israel; Italy; Japan; Lithuania; Spain; Switzerland; USA.                                                                                                        |

In  addition,  ISRO  shared  more  than  150  Indian  Remote Sensing satellite data sets to support more than 50 international disaster events in 18 Countries through various mechanisms  including International Charter 'Space and Major  Disasters'.  India  is  also  member  of  COSPAS-SARSAT (Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Programme) which provides operational services to the users in India and seven neighboring countries (Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and Tanzania) for the last 23 years. The programme has supported rescue of 83 lives in 19 incidents during 2018 and 2019.

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