NEW DELHI, July 20 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha today about the creation of a single-window agency to facilitate private participants in Space sector, including programmes and projects of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Department of Space.
India is aiming at enhanced share in the global Space economy and with the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several steps have been taken in this direction, including what is being popularly described as āunlockingā of Space after seven decades of independence.