Lok Sabha Question No. 556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Private Participation in Space
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan

## 556.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 556

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022

## PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN SPACE

- SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  GOI  has  any  plans  to  bring  private  partnership into SPACE explorations of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the five upcoming important SPACE expedition projects in the country;
- (c) the  details  with  proposed  date  of  launch  and  cost  of  the project; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  build  a  new  ISRO centre in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) Government  of  India  announced  reforms  in  June,  2020,  in  the space   sector towards enabling the private players to provide

end to end services. A national level autonomous nodal agency namely  Indian National  Space  Promotion  and  Authorization Centre  (IN-SPACe)  under  DOS  has  been  created  for  promoting, handholding,  authorising  and  licensing  private  players  to  carry out Space Activities.

In order to facilitate private partnership in the space sector, the following steps are being taken:

-  Access  to  ISRO  facilities  and  expertise  are  extended  to private entities to support their space activities. Apart from this,  ISRO  will  also  nurture  Indian  space  industries  by sharing its experiences on quality and reliability protocols, documentation, testing procedures etc.
-  Announcement  of  Opportunities  are  being  offered  in  new domains of space technology.
-  NewSpace  India Ltd (NSIL), the CPSE  under DOS  is mandated to transfer the matured technologies developed by ISRO to Indian industries.
-  A  new  space  policy  addressing  various  domains  of  space activities is being worked out by the Department.

(b) & (c)

The  details  of  the  upcoming  Space  science  projects  are  as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Mission   |   Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in Cr) | Proposed date of Launch   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Aditya-L1         |                        378.53 | Q1 2023                   |

| Sl. No.   | Name of Mission                                           | Sanctioned Cost (Rs. in Cr)   | Proposed date of Launch   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2.        | Chandrayaan-3                                             | 250.00                        | Q1 2023                   |
| 3.        | XPoSAT                                                    | 60.00                         | Q2 2023                   |
| 4.        | Space Docking Experiment                                  | 124.47                        | Q3 2024                   |
| 5.        | Gaganyaan                                                 | 9023.00                       |                           |
|           | 1 st Milestone Mission: First Abort Demonstration Mission |                               | Q4 2022                   |

(d)       Presently, there are no plans to establish a new ISRO Centre in the   country.

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