Indian space sector reforms: Will it be a big bang approach?

Space industry experts are divided over whether big-bang changes/reforms proposed in the Indian space sector are going to be incremental.

“This time, the approach is expected to be big-bang, involving restructuring of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),” an industry expert told IANS preferring anonymity.

The restructuring he speaks about is corporatisation of ISRO’s production/operational units so that the private sector can be a co-traveller in ISRO’s space missions and there is a level playing field for them.

The production units of ISRO — rockets and satellites and the rocket launch centre at Sriharikota and the upcoming one in Tamil Nadu — should be corporatised so that there is no conflict of interest, the expert said.

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