The Union Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram has informed the House that India has joined a handful of countries when it launched the Mars Orbiter Mission. We now have the capability in launch vehicle technology, cryogenics, and navigation, meteorological and communication satellites, and are largely self-reliant. Several flight tests, navigational satellites and space missions are planned for 2014-15.

Space capability expansion signals government commitment to indigenous launch and satellite programs, enabling planned flight tests and missions. Announcement emphasises indigenous competence in launch vehicle systems, cryogenic propulsion, and satellite applications for navigation, meteorology and communications, and states that multiple flight tests, navigational satellites and space missions are planned for the 2014-15 programme period, signalling continued investment in domestic space infrastructure.