Lok Sabha Question No. 2635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Generic Space Flight
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2635 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 GENERIC SPACE FLIGHT

## 2635.  SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BAAIYA):

SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

## Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formed 'Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre -IN-SPACe' to accelerate major reforms in the space sector;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof?
- (c) whether the Government has proposed to launch the PSLVC51 carrying the Amazonia Satellite from Brazil, along with a few smaller Indian satellites;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?
- whether the Government has trained four Indian astronauts on Generic Space Flight aspects in Russia as a part of the
- (e) Gaganyaan mission;
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof?
- (g) the Other steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in space sector?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) & (b)

Yes Sir, Government of India has made reforms in Space sector  by  enabling  private  sector  participation  in  Space activities.

The space sector reforms were made with the intention to provide level playing field for private companies in satellites, launches and space-based services, to bring in predictable  policy  and  regulatory  environment  to  private players,  to  provide  access  to  ISRO  facilities  and  other relevant  assets  to  improve  their  capacities,  to  provide opportunities  in  selected  areas  of  planetary  exploration, outer space travel, etc. to private sector and to liberalise the  existing  geo-spatial  data  policy  for  providing  remotesensing data to entrepreneurs.

The  Indian  National  Space  Promotion  and  Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) was formed as the regulatory body to promote,  handhold,  permit,  monitor  and  supervise  the space activities of private sector.

## (c) & (d)

Yes Sir, PSLV-C51 carried Amazonia-1 optical earth observation satellite of National Institute of Space Research  of  Brazil  along  with  18  small  satellites  on February 28, 2021.

(e) & (f) Yes Sir, the four Indian astronaut candidates are currently undergoing generic space flight training in Russia as part of Gaganyaan Programme. The astronaut training activities in Russia  are  nearing  completion.  Major  modules  such  as survival training (snow, water  and  steppe), parabolic flights,  theoretical  classes  on  orbital  mechanics,  astronavigation and some Soyuz systems have been completed.

- (g) The  Government  of  India  is  in  the  process  of  creating ecosystem for thriving Space industry in India by bringing in new  sectoral  policies  and  guidelines  and  also  revising existing  policies.  The  draft  Space  Activities  Bill  is  also undergoing legal vetting and further processing.

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