Indian space policy 2023 sets stage for private sector participation
₹10 crore for 2021-22, ₹33 crore for 2022-23, and ₹95 crore for 2023-24. Singh also informed that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory – India (LIGO-India) project has been approved by the government at an estimated cost of Rs.
2600 crore, with Department of Atomic Energy as the Lead Agency. He said,after completion of the project, the LIGO-India will be operated as a national facility for detecting gravitation waves and research in related areas of astronomy.
On the issue of Chandrayaan-3, the minister said, the spacecraft was successfully launched onboard LVM-3 on 14 July 2023 at 14:35 hrs from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR. Currently, the spacecraft is in the translunar orbit, with the Lunar-Orbit Insertion (LOI)planned on 5 August.
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