Experts bat for space law

India does not have a space law to protect sovereign, public or commercial interests
As global trends change fast, a clear and comprehensive law will also help a budding space
industry to grow

Former Chairman of ISRO and Space Commission, said a law was needed to ensure that space
assets and applications are used for the right causes.

space activities

are currently guided by a handful of international space agreements, the

Constitution, national laws, the Satellite Communications (Sat-Com) Policy of 2000 and the
revised Remote sensing policy or 2011.

a national law should have preceded ISROs international launch services as the country could
face huge liabilities.

India is among the five countries that do not have a space law; while 15 other including the US,
Russia, Japan, China, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, have laws based broadly on the Outer Space
Treaty of 1967.

the law include a regulator, registration and licence of private operators,

compensation for harm caused by space objects, insurance, investor disputes, and
rescue of space tourists, environmental damage and handling of intellectual
property issues

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farmer

The total number of farmers suicides in Maharashtra should be 4,004, which

is almost 1,000 more than the 2013 figure.

Farmers are not getting proper prices for their produce, but input costs are rising.

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open gyms on a footpath at Marine Drive in South Mumbai.