India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The development activities carried out for Gaganyaan mission include the following: Parallelly, various ground qualification tests towards demonstrating new systems realized for Gaganyaan are being carried out. Gaganyatris have completed generic training at Glavkosmos, Russia. Gaganyaan mission specific training is in progress at Astronaut Training facility, Bengaluru. Activities are in progress towards accomplishment of first u...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government of India is using satellite and geospatial technologies to monitor glaciers, glacial lakes, snowfall, water resources and landslides in Ladakh. Details of the activities are given below: Satellite-based projects undertaken in Ladakh during the last five years include: ISRO/DOS is engaged in advanced R&D activities to strengthen space input-based early warning system for GLOF, extreme weather events, as well as landslid...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: After completion of mission life (10 years) of IRNSS-1F, presently the NavIC constellation has three satellites for providing PNT services viz., IRNSS-1B, IRNSS-1I and NVS-01. To provide basic positioning service, minimum four operational satellites are required in orbit. Hence, the NavIC constellation cannot provide standalone positioning service, however timing service is functional. Armed Forces are using multi constellation GNS...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The YUVIKA 2026 programme was successfully conducted during May 11-22, 2026 at nine ISRO Centers, namely Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) and Regional Remote ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The impact assessment has been carried out by the IN-SPACe, the preliminary note on the impact assessment is attached herewith at Annexure-I. In the year 2026, a total investment of $ 187 million have been reported. A total of 108 authorizations, till date, have been granted to Non-Government Entities (NGEs) by IN-SPACe for various space activities which include establishment and operation of satellite/payload, launch of space tra...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State Location Project Capacity (MW) Gujarat Kakrapar KAPP-3&4 2 X 700 Rajasthan Rawatbhata RAPP-7 1 X 700 State Location Project Capacity (MW) Rajasthan Rawatbhata RAPP-8 1 X 700 Kudankulam KKNPP-3&4 2 X 1000 KKNPP-5&6 2 X 1000 Kalpakkam FBR- 1 1 X 500 Karnataka Kaiga KAIGA-5&6 2 X 700 Haryana Gorakhpur GHAVP-1&2 2 X 700 Tamilnadu The nuclear power projects under implementation are continually ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The details regarding electricity generation from nuclear power plants and their PLF (including Tarapur Atomic Power Plant), during the last five years are given in Annexure. Unit Project & Location Capacity Expected Date Of Commissioning Revised RAPP-7&8 Rawatbhata, Rajasthan 2 x 700 Commenced commercial operation on 22,924# In advanced stage of GHAVP- Gorakhpur, Haryana 2 x 700 Com...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), a Research & Development (R&D) unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is contributing in the field of nuclear medicine through its clinical patient services units at Radiation Medicine Centre (RMC), Mumbai and Radiation Medicine Research Centre (RMRC), Kolkata for diagnostic and therapeutic services for cancer treatment. At Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), a R&D Unit of DAE, the 30 ...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The present installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 8,780 MW comprising of Location Project Capacity (MW) Physical Progress/ Status Expected Date Of Commissioning Projects Under Construction / Commissioning In advanced stage of commissioning (expected to be operational in 2026) Kudankulam, Tamilnadu KKNPP-3&4 2 X 1000 82.65 % June-2027/ June-2028 KKNPP- 5&6 2 X 1000 45.00 % June-2029/ March-2030 Completi...
India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Typically, radioactive solid waste arising from nuclear power plants, including waste generated during the operational life and decommissioning of the plants, is within 0.15 cubic meters/year/MW. Records relating to the quantity and location of radioactive waste disposed of are regularly filed with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). Safe management of nuclear waste has been accorded high priority right from the inception o...