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Nation
                                                                                       Gujarat's Pride  Nation



























                       IN THE SPACE SECT                           OR,        PRIVATE
                       IN THE SPACE SECTOR,  PRIVATE



                    SEC      TOR        TO      EM    ER    GE A BIG WIN                  N  E  R
                    SECTOR TO EMERGE A BIG WINNER





                                                                  here are infinite possibilities within India, but
               Space and the water are the two                    infinite possibilities can never be realized by
               sectors that will have the largest           Tlimited efforts. The same applies to the space
               impact on humanity's future and              sector, which is going to be the biggest pillar of the
                 huge advancement. India must               development revolution in the 21st century. A new
            seize these attractive opportunities            beginning has been made to exploit these limitless
                as soon as possible. The space              possibilities  present  in  India's  space  sector. The
             sector has been opened to private              launch of the Indian National Space Promotion and
                                                            Authorization (IN-SPACe) at Bopal, Ahmedabad is
          enterprises in accordance with Prime              an important step in this direction. Inaugurating it
           Minister Narendra Modi's vision. The             on  June  10,  Prime  Minister  Narendra  Modi  said,
              IN-SPACe Headquarters in Bopal,               “Today, a wonderful chapter has been added in the
              Ahmedabad, was opened on June                 development journey of modern India of the 21st
           10 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi               century. We  are  soon  going  to  come out  with  a
            to give the private sector access to            policy to improve the ease of doing business in the
                                                            space sector.”
              ISRO's facilities and technologies.              This project was approved by the Union Cabinet
            During his visit to Gujarat, the Prime          in  June  2020. It  is  an  independent  nodal  agency
           Minister launched and started many               of the Department of Space, Government of India.
               development projects totaling Rs             Now addressing  its  inaugural  event  in  Bopal,
              3050 crore, including the AM Naik             Prime Minister Modi said, “For a very long time the
            Healthcare Complex in Navsari and               private sector has been seen as just a vendor in
                        the Nirali Multi Hospital.          the space industry. But now the private sector will
                                                            no longer be just a vendor but will play the role of
                                                            a big player in the space sector. When the strength


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