PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPACE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR ANDHRA PRADESH

Department of Space

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPACE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR ANDHRA PRADESH

Posted On: 12 FEB 2026 4:11PM by PIB Delhi The following space application projects are executed for Andhra Pradesh with technical support from ISRO, during the last five years:

Agriculture: i. Satellite-based monitoring of crop sown area and harvest area progression ii. Cropped area & yield maps for rice crop iii. Generation of crop sown area maps using SAR data by the end of August iv. Agricultural drought vulnerability assessment at mandal level v. Yield Estimation based on Technology (YES-TECH) under PMFBY vi. High resolution satellite data for AgriStack project of MoA&FW

Fisheries:

The Department of Fisheries with the technology developed by ISRO using NavIC and communication satellite rolled out the Vessel Communication and Support System (VCSS) project under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) to provide two-way communication between fisherman on boat and control room in the coastal state including Andhra Pradesh.

Disaster management support: i. Near-real time mapping, monitoring & damage assessment of major disasters like floods, cyclones, forest fire ii. Preparation of Flood Hazard zonation atlas using 21 years’ of flood inundation data iii. Dissemination of flood alerts with 2-day lead time for floods in Godavari river iv. Customized geoportal for disaster management for the State, including mobile application, and training program on space applications for AP state disaster management officials v. Installation of two lightning detection sensors and Taluka level lightning hotspot assessment

Urban planning: i. Implementation of Bhuvan WebGIS and mobile application for the State Housing Corporation towards geotagging of houses, enabling monitoring of the construction & repair works ii. Provision of Application Programme Interface (API) to the Centre for Good Governance, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Tele-education & Tele-medicine:

Department of Space continues to support tele-education and tele-medicine network by providing satellite capacity and technical assistance.

Water resources:i. Mapping and inventory of wetlands ii. Coastal water quality assessment iii. Urban waterbody information system for three water bodies per town, covering 33 AMRUT towns iv. Monitoring of 376 watershed projects in PMKSY-WDC 1.0 and 59 projects in PMKSY-WDC

2.0 In addition to above, the following space application projects are carried out for Andhra Pradesh with technical and financial support of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO: i. Land Cover Land Use at annual (1:250,000 scale) & five-yearly cycles (1:50,000 scale) ii. Space based Information Support for De-centralised Planning- Update (SIS-DP-Update) project.

Fund Allotment and Utilisation: (for last 5 years) Project Name Fund Sanctioned Fund Disbursed Fund (Rs. Lakhs) (Rs. Lakhs) Utilized (Rs. Lakhs) Space Based Information for Decentralized 118.95 118.95 118.95 Planning – Update (SISDP-U) (completed) Land cover and land use mapping at 1:50 000 106.66 42.67 42.67 Scale (5-Year Cycle) (ongoing) National Wetlands Inventory and Assessment 31.25 31.25 31.25

(completed) The Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs) wise list of startups, companies, MSMEs and academic institutions indicating their names, locations and activities, from Andhra Pradesh approached to IN-SPACe is attached at Annexure.

IN-SPACe has conceptualized Seed Fund scheme under which 5 funding opportunities have been announced.

Out of this one start-up namely M/s Nspace Tech India Pvt. Ltd., Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, has been selected for mentorship. Further, the company has been facilitated by IN-SPACe for availing access to the ISRO facilities for testing their SwetchaSat V0 satellite and also authorization granted for establishment and operation of hosted payload, till date.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. **** NKR/NM Annexure List of NGEs i.e., Startups, Companies, MSMEs and Academic institutions from Andhra Pradesh approached to IN-SPACeSl. Name of NGEs Type Location Activities No.

1 National Institute of Academia Warangal Academics Technology Warangal 2 V R Siddhartha Academia Vijayawada Academics Engineering College 3 Charan Aerospace Industry Visakhapatnam Manufacture of launch vehicles 4 NPHSAT Systems Pvt Industry Vijayawada Developing Antennas for Small Ltd and Large Satellites 5 Rameshs Aerospace Micro and Vijayawada, Manufacture and supply of Products and Services Small Andhra Pradesh Ablative and Structural Pvt Ltd Enterprises composites for Space and Defence applications.

6 Micro and Guntur The Company focuses on eco- Small friendly synthesis routes, Enterprises scalable production, and translational research for Aarshadhaatu Green industries ranging from Nanotechnologies India defence and aerospace to Pvt Ltd energy storage, healthcare, and environmental applications.

7 Startup Visakhapatnam Taramandal vision is to lead the orbit with a sustainable orbital environment where private industry, human Taramandal spaceflight, and research can Technologies Pvt Ltd all flourish and where all space assets are either reused or deorbited.

8 Startup Vijayawada Red Balloon Aerospace is a deep tech aerospace startup developing next generation of high altitude platforms that Red Balloon Aerospace bridge the critical gap between Private Limited satellites and UAVs.

Headquartered in Ratan Tata Innovation Hub APIS, Andhra Pradesh, India.Sl. Name of NGEs Type Location Activities No.

9 Raudranex Space Startup Visakhapatnam The company focuses on Technologies Electric Propulsion Technologies that make space logistics and deep-space exploration practical, scalable, and sustainable.

10 Startup Vijaywada The company is in Space Andhra Pradesh domain like 1) SAFER- Space Anomaly Forensics and Environmental Resolutions.

2)SWAT - Space Warfare Analysis Tool 3) SHIVA - BES Space Space Highest Information Value Assessment 4) Global Data, AI/ML , Data Privacy enabler tools 11 N Space Tech India Startup Tenali Andhra N Space Tech is a startup that Private Limited Pradesh focuses mainly on space research and space technology.

12 Sanketa Sravana LLP Startup Vijayawada, Providing radiation shielding Andhra Pradesh solutions in the space industry.

13 Startup Warangal, Andhra The main activities are Pradesh Research and Development Space Mining, extraction of material from asteroids and other minor planets. It could be a way to supply earth and space colonies with materials including metals and minerals like iron, nickel, magnesium, The Spark of Wisdom water, oxygen, gold and platinum. Asteroid mining could also help solve earths problems with resource depletion and carbon pollution.

14 Talelabs Space Startup Visakhapatanam Aerospace and Aviation Innovations Component Manufacturing**** (Release ID: 2227026) Visitor Counter : 161

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