New Delhi: Space regulator IN-SPACe has granted 113 authorisations to 52 non-government entities (NGEs) - 18 of them start-ups - to carry out various space activities, since the sector's opening to the private sector, Union Minister Jitendra Singh told Parliament on Wednesday.
In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, the minister stated that around 440 space technology startups are currently registered in India, according to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade's start-up India portal.
