COMMERCIALIZATION AND PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE INDUSTRY IN INDIA: LEGAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

摘要

This paper seeks to assess the situation arising out of extensive developments in space activities, which demand the legal and regulatory mechanisms to address. To that end the first part of the paper will trace the evolution of space activities for national development during the past four decades. The second part addresses the trend of commercialization and privatization of Space activities from an international perspective in general and in the Indian Context in particular. The third part focuses the need for domestic Space legislation to address the legal issues arising in the wake of developments in space activities.