Excelsior Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Jan 17: Del-ivering keynote address at the International Space Conference of “Geospatial World Forum” here today, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh complemented Team ISRO for having placed India as a front-line leader in the community of world nations while in the last three years, the use of diverse applications of space technology to carry forward the Modi Government’s infrastructural and transformational programmes has brought space technology to the doorstep of every Indian household.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is primarily the personal indulgence, intervention and patronage provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has made space technology an essential part of Modi’s “Transforming India” mission, which will finally culminate in the building of “New India”.
In the last 3 years, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Team ISRO and the Department of Space have finalised effective MoUs with a host of Ministries, including Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare etc. Space Technology today is playing a crucial part in carrying forward a number of flagship programmes of the Modi Government, including Smart City programme, Urban and Housing schemes, guarding of unmanned railway crossings, Geo-tagging of MNREGA, procurement of Utilization Certificates of roads and other projects, agricultural soil testing, he added.
The new year began with the January 12th launching of 28 foreign satellites which, Dr Jitendra Singh said, has vindicated the dream of our founding father Vikram Sarabhai and evidently proved that even those nations of the world which began their space programme several years before us, today feel confident enough to repose their faith and trust in us to launch their satellites. The year that has just ended, he said, set some world records like launching of 104 satellites in a single go, launching of South Asia satellite and completion of 3 years of Mangalyaan in the orbit.
Union Minister of Environment and Forests Dr Harsh Vardhan joined in releasing the Atlas Book on the activities of National Remote Sensing Centre while the outgoing ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar delivered the guest address.
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