Quantum leap in space sector: Dr Singh

New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said the space sector has registered a quantum jump in the last nine years of the Modi government.

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Addressing the India Defence Conclave 2023 here, he said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken several policy initiatives in the past nine years to encourage indigenous design, development and manufacture of defence equipment, thereby pro- moting “Atmanirbharta” in the defence sector.

“As a result, there is a quantum jump in space sector in the last nine years which surpasses the progress made in the nearly six decades before that,” said Singh, who holds multiple portfolios including the Minister of State for Personnel, Atomic Energy and Space. He said that in the last nine years under Prime Minister Modi, India has traversed unlimited “space”, according to a Personnel Ministry statement. Singh said, Defence and Space sectors are intertwined and both of them got an enabling mi- lieu from the Prime Minister for its faster and indigenous growth by bridging the policy gaps. Referring to the strategic relevance of space in view of recent global conflicts, the minister said, space, a dual-use technology domain, is emerging as an important multifaceted enabler that provides unprecedented reach.

He said many nations are today focusing on developing their military space capabilities.

New Delhi(PTI): Delhi University has urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to sanction more than 3,000 additional teaching and non-teaching posts across 46 colleges to maintain the studentteacher ratio, officials said on Friday. The student-teacher ratio has been impacted due to the implementation of the 10 per cent reservation for the EWS category in admissions, they said.

The varsity has also requested the Delhi government’s Department of Higher Education to sanction hundreds of teaching and non-teaching posts across 12 colleges funded by the government, a senior varsity official said.

Letters were sent to the UGC and the Delhi govt on Thursday with the list of colleges that need additional posts to maintain the student-teacher ratio, the senior official said. DU has also demanded grants from the government and the UGC in this regard.