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Review of Foreign Direct Investment Policy on Space Sector

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..... Review of Foreign Direct Investment Policy on Space Sector
News and Press Release
Dated:- 5-3-2024

The Government of India has reviewed the extant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy on Space sector. Accordingly, the following amendments have been made under Para 5.2.12 of the Consolidated FDI Policy Circular of 2020, as amended from time to time (FDI Policy): 5.2.12 SPACE SECTOR .....

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..... Sector/Activity Sectoral Cap Entry Route 5.2.12.1 (1) Satellites-Manufacturing & Operation 100% Up to 74%: Automatic Beyond 74%: Government route (2) Satellite Data Products (3) Ground Segment & User Segment 5.2.12.2 (1) Launch Vehicles and associated systems or subsystems 100% Up to 49%: Automatic Beyond 49%: Government route (2) Creation of Spaceports for launching and recei .....

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..... ving Spacecraft 5.2.12.3 Manufacturing of components and systems/ sub-systems for satellites, ground segment and user segment 100% Up to 100%: Automatic 5.2.12.4 The investee entity shall be subject to sectoral guidelines as issued by Department of Space from time to time. 5.2.12.5 Definitions: (1) Satellites -- Manufacturing & Operation: End-to-end manufacturing and supply of satellite and .....

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..... /or payload, establishing the satellite systems including control of in-orbit operations of the satellite & payloads. (2) Satellite Data Products: Reception, generation or dissemination of earth observation/remote sensing satellite data and data products including Application Interfaces (API). (3) Ground Segment & User Segment: (a) Ground Segment: Supply of satellite transmit/receive earth stat .....

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..... ions including earth observation data receive station, gateway, teleports, satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) station, Satellite Control Centre (SCC), etc. (b) User Segment: Supply of user ground terminals for communicating with the satellite, which are not covered under the ground segment. (4) Launch Vehicles and Associated Systems or Subsystems: A vehicle and its stages or compone .....

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..... nts that is designed to operate in or place spacecraft with payloads or persons, in a suborbital trajectory, earth orbit or outer space. (5) Creation of Spaceports for launching and receiving Spacecraft: A spaceport (also referred as launch site) can be regarded as the base from which spacecraft are launched, and consisting of facilities involving devices for transportation to, from and via outer .....

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..... space. (6) Manufacturing of Components and Systems/Subsystems for Satellites ground segment and user segment: Comprises the manufacturing and supply of the electrical, electronic and mechanical components systems/ subsystems for satellites, ground segment and user segment. The above decision will take effect from the date of FEMA notification.
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