Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1 outcomes of PM Modi's progressive policy decisions: Jitendra Singh
Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 are the outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's progressive policy decisions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday, asserting that ISRO now has the capacity to compete with NASA and Roscosmos in space expeditions. The lander module of Chandrayaan-3 — the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) — touched down on the lunar surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country to accomplish the feat.
It is also the first to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth's only natural satellite.
The recently launched Aditya-L1 is a coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere.
Singh, the Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said, «Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 spearhead India's 'Amrit Kaal' growth journey over the next 25 years… this era has rightfully (been) called as 'Modi's Era' and the world has hailed Modi for his progressive policy decisions. Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 are its outcomes.»
Singh was speaking at a function to launch the Meri Maati, Mera Desh campaign at Tikri-1B panchayat in his home constituency of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur.
The campaign marks the beginning of the Amrit Kalash Yatras, starting all over the country and including a collection of 'mitti and rice' from every household to symbolise the people's participation in the motherland's prosperity.
«India's recent space marvels have only been possible under Prime Minister Modi, who has opened up new vistas for India's space sector through the public-private partnership model and now the sky is not the limit dictum has become true for India's space sector,» the minister said.
He said the last nine years have witnessed a
