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Decoding why India is selling space technology too cheaply
['Girish Linganna']
Mathrubhumi English
With IN-SPACe now offering up to 100% subsidies on transfer fees and PSLV technology up for bids, the real question is whether India is building an industry or giving away public R&D too cheaply.
It asked a simple but uncomfortable question: Is India selling its hard-earned space technology too cheaply?
Here it is useful to understand what "technology transfer" means.
Its founding purpose was to apply space technology to national development -- communication, weather warning, crop mapping, fishing, education.
A 30% subsidy on technology transfer fees is part of a three-year Price Support Scheme running till February 2029.