The Cabinet Appointment Committee (ACC) has cleared the proposal from the Department of Space (DOS) for the formation of a new space regulator of the National Indian and Authorization Center (in space) with former Mahindra and Mahindra management.
Pawan Goenka director as chairman.
Notification of the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) says: “ACC has agreed to the proposal for the appointment of the Chair and Board Members in the Room on Terms and Conditions to be completed by the Department with Competent Authority Approval.” And, senior official from DOS told Stoi that recommendations It was to make Goenka Chairman of the Board, who will also have senior executives from the L & T defense business, among others, but the official order of appointment is awaiting the laying requirements and the conditions remain incomplete.
They added that Goenka, as the Board chairman, even went into space.
“What has been removed is a proposal to form a board, and there are more procedures that are still due,” the official said.
In space, which was announced by the government in June 2020, will become a nodal agent who will regulate the private industry in the space sector.
And as reported by the previous Stoi, agency, at the end of December last year had more than 22 proposals from Indian companies and institutions and four foreign companies.
Jeff Bezos, AMAZON-based Web services (AWS) and Bharti Group supporting oneweb based in the UK is among companies that have shown interest.
The source added that there have been many new proposals starting from permissions for land stations, building satellite stars to create and launch satellites, launch vehicles and provide applications, which have reached space in the last nine months and that the temporary committee leading by R Umaheshwaran, Secretary Scientific, DOS, has reviewed them.