India Explained

Space, Science & Research

Space programme

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

By lead party of the government

4 of 6 parties have no entry here yet.

By decade

  • 1950s0
  • 1960s1
  • 1970s0
  • 1980s0
  • 1990s0
  • 2000s0
  • 2010s0
  • 2020s1

Dossiers

No dossier is published under this sub-category yet.

Actions in time order, by government

  1. Indira Gandhi, 24 Jan 1966 to 24 Mar 1977

    INC INC government

    • ImplementedINC

      Formation of ISRO and the Department of Space

      ISRO was formed in 1969 from the 1962 INCOSPAR committee, and a Space Commission and Department of Space were created in 1972, placing the space programme under dedicated government structures.

      Evidence points +13.0 (range +12.0 to +14.0)

  2. Narendra Modi, 30 May 2019 to 9 Jun 2024

    BJP NDA government

    • ImplementedBJP

      Space sector reforms and creation of IN-SPACe

      In June 2020 the Union Cabinet approved opening space activities to private firms through IN-SPACe as a regulator and promoter, with NSIL as ISRO's commercial arm.

      Evidence points +5.0 (range +4.0 to +6.0)