Prime Minister launched Indian Space Association (ISpA)

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 12, Oct 2021

The Prime Minister remarked that the Government's approach to space reforms is based on 4 pillars.

1. The freedom of innovation to the private sector.
2. The role of the government as an enabler.
3. Preparing youth for the future.
4. To see the space sector as a resource for the progress of the common man.

Indian Space Association

• The members of the organisation include government bodies such as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and private telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel’s One Web, Tata Group’s Nelcom, L&T, MapMyIndia, Godrej, Hughes India, Ananth Technology Limited, Azista-BST Aerospace Private Limited, BEL, Centum Electronics, and Maxar India.
• One of the main goals of the organisation is to supplement the government’s efforts towards making India a global leader in commercial space-based excursions
• ISpA would engage with stakeholders across the ecosystem for the formulation of an enabling policy framework which fulfils the government vision of leading commercial space exploration.
• ISpA will also work towards building global linkages for the Indian space industry to bring in critical technology and investments into the country to create more high skill jobs.