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Series title: 
ORF occasional paper
Document Type: 
Book
Place of Publication and Publisher: 
New Delhi : Observer Research Foundation
Year of Publication: 
2015
Abstract: 
As a long-term investor in space technology and infrastructure, India aspires to be one among the top nations in the world in terms of government space investment. Though space investment has been growing over the past few decades, India's space competitiveness has suffered from the absence of a globally reputed, private space industry. The present work provides key insights into India's stance in the global market and its emergence as a space power, and puts in context the emergence of NewSpace globally. The space sector of India is driven by the government with the Department of Space investing cross-sector in upstream, downstream and commercialisation of space assets. The private industry is currently limited to being vendors of products and services within this environment with all the turnkey aspects of deliverables performed by government institutions. The fundamental motivation to develop a strong private space industry ecosystem relates to the inherent advantages the country has over others in the availability of skilled workforce, a stable and business-friendly government, positive investor climate, and low cost of operations. The key reasons for the Indian space industry's failure to take advantage of the global opportunities of market expansion are discussed in this paper. Various critical issues affecting the development of the space sector - with special reference to the need for a support structure of ancillary small- and medium-scale industry - are examined. Aspects of planning of coordinated long-term road maps for national and global expansion are also put forth for consideration. The need for a comprehensive regulatory and legal regime in support of private industry has previously been voiced, with possible establishment of a dedicated independent position and strategy analysis body for the assessments of policies in the space sector. Specific recommendations for kickstarting Space 2.0 in India are provided for the consideration of policy-makers to support development of public-private partnerships, enable a space cluster development and enhance support to the government's policy push for doing business in India ("Make in India") and for digitally connecting its citizens ("Digital India").
Language: 
English (eng)
Citation: 
Prasad, Narayan/Basu, Prateep (2015). Space 2.0 : shaping India's leap into the final frontier. New Delhi : Observer Research Foundation.
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