“The upcoming policy will look at how to enable non-government entities to work in the space sector,” S Somanath, secretary, Department of Space (DoS), told ET, adding that the responsibility of the department is to empower new actors. “We are declaring that it’s no longer the work of the national space agency alone, and the mechanism on how to support the private sector is defined in the policy, including available opportunities”.
The Centre had released the draft Indian Space Policy 2022 earlier this year. It is a revised version of the one unveiled in 2017.
Somanath said the new policy has defined that commercial activities of space will be handled by the NSIL, and Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will focus more on research and development and developing capacity. Somanath is also the chairman of Isro.
He said necessary support to the burgeoning sector would be provided through the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (Inspace), a single-window autonomous government agency.
On when the policy will be launched, Somanath said the department has prepared the policy and it’s with the government to come up with it following the due processes.
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