Dr.

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Lucknow

2020

Collected Material on:

‘AIR AND SPACE LAW’

Submitted to: Submitted by:

Shakuntala Sangam Ayushi Verma

Assistant Professor (Law) Section- A

RMLNLU Semester X

Enrollment No. 150101035

Collected Material:

1- The Indian1 government has come up with a draft bill on space activities. The Bill,
called “Space Activities Bill, 2017”, seeks to allow private sector to build satellites,

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https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/isro-space-activities-bill-draft/
rockets and satellite sub-systems. So far, space activities in India have been mostly
government controlled even though ISRO has started collaborating with the private sector
for satellite manufacturing and launches. Recently, ISRO chief Kiran Kumar has gone on
record saying the Indian space agency was looking to go for a joint venture collaboration
model for PSLV launches by 2020.

However, the lack of a clear-cut law in this sphere had been hindering the growth of the
space sector in India. The Bill seeks to clear that lacunae and enable the NewSpace sector
in India, thus making it a hub for global space activities.

2- In 20152, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a national meet of top

officials from different ministries and state governments on the use of space
applications in daily governance. It included 1,500 delegates, mostly the secretaries of
central ministries and departments. The meet was to assess the current utilisation of
space-technology-based tools in their respective offices and explore potential
application areas. This led to the increased demand for space-based services with a
roadmap to have over 60 satellites launched in the next five years, requiring 60 rockets
to do so.

3- Over3 the past few years in India, the attitude of the Government and the Space
Industry towards the regulation of space activities has undergone a profound change in
almost all spheres. It has been progressively looking forward to privatizing and
commercializing space assets expand and develop capability in space exploration and
scientific discovery, commercialize its competence to build satellites and offer launch
service from its launch vehicles. All these developments are resulting in new concepts of
ownership, financing, management and operation of space industry, which are the
emerging trends and the hot topics of deliberation in India. The ultimate effect can be
seen in the form of the unexpected success of India in the mission of Chandrayan, to the
surprise of the developed nations. Indian space industry has become more cost-effective
than before, and is booming.

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https://thewire.in/law/care-indias-new-private-sector-space-activities-bill
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https://www.nalsar.ac.in/pdf/Space%20Workshop%20Theme%20Paper.pdf