For All Who Thinks India Doesn't Need Isro And Its Space Research

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Before whining starts about the wisdom of spending money on space research/exploration while there are other issues facing India:
1) ISRO's(Indian Space Research Organization) budget is only 0.34 per cent of Central Government expenditure currently and 0.08 per cent of the GDP(~USD 800 Million). Compare that to billions spent on "Fix Poverty" programs such as Employment Guarantee Programs(NREGA, USD 7.24+ Billion spent each year) and Subsidized/Free Food Program(FSB,USD 20+ Billion to be spent each year) etc.
2) And Mars Orbiter Mission/Mangalyaan would cost USD ~27 Million only.
3) ISRO is actually funding itself thanks to annual revenue from foreign satellite launches and sale of satellite data/imagery(that is useful for things like Google Maps for example) through its Antrix Subsidiary. Last time I checked it was INR 9 BILLION. source.
4) Data generated by ISRO and related organizations is helping the poorest of poor in India:
Voluminous data from the Indian remote sensing satellites has benefited millions of farmers and fishermen in achieving higher productivity and making optimal utilisation of resources, a senior space scientist said Saturday.
"Studies by the premier economic research institute NCAER have shown that remote sensing data has accrued multiple benefits to farmers across the country with seven percent increase in productivity and helping the farm sector to contribute about Rs.50,000 crore to the national gross domestic product (GDP) over the years," Indian Society of Remote Sensing president V.K. Dadhwal told reporters here.
Similarly, application of remote sensing data by the fishing community contributed about Rs.24,000 crore to the GDP and saved fuel consumption by 30 percent with timely advisories on weather, sea conditions and identification of potential fishing zones for maximizing the catch. source
5) And it is saving lot of lives:
India was hit hard by Cyclone Phailin, with 12 million people impacted, including millions evacuated from the Odisha coast to safety earlier this week. This was the strongest storm to hit the state in 14 years, and it devastated homes and villages in both Orissa and Andhra Pradesh states, with flooding that has closed roads and left some 100,000 people stranded.[..]
The country's satellite imagery satellites are being credited with saving lives thanks to better forecasting, and the ability to share intensity with citizens and policymakers to urge evacuation. [..]
There are 11 Indian remote sensing satellites in service, allowing the National Remote Sensing Centre in Hyderabad to help agencies forecast cyclones more than 72 hours in advance. [..]
The synthetic aperture radar satellites, Risat-1 launched in April last year and Risat-2 which has been in orbit since April 2009 have the ability to look for impending cyclones even at night and through clouds. The synthetic aperture radar in the satellites enables applications in agriculture too, especially for paddy monitoring during kharif season. Saral, an Indio-French satellite launched on February 25, 2013, can study ocean circulation and sea surface elevation.
"Those who criticise the expenditure on space science don't realise its contribution to not just saving lives but alleviating poverty," says Bhargava, who founded the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. "You can argue that the space department gets higher allocation, but it is well justified. After all, Indian space scientist makes satellites and rockets at a fraction of the cost of similar US projects." source1 source2
TL;DR: Investment in Science and Technology == Good.

[Michaelbarbosa]

Good post
It's a way to show the world were are second to none and we can be on our own

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[sid_22]

nice thread nice thread ......... Look at the hypocrisy of those who say we don't need space techology........ 25 years back Indian IT ki spend chesinappudu kooda ilane ani untaru.......... Farmers and poor people help cheyyali instead of spending crores on creating infrastructure for IT companies.

 

 

Oka 2G scam tho we could have send hundreds of rockets like these into space............ but these folks don't have guts to take on politicians.

[Diana]

This is my post in other thread ..i guess it suits here too..

 

This mission has national pride written on it.. 

 

anyways the budget spent on it is totally fine too..

Only 0.8 percent of India's national budget is spent on the space program, and only 0.7 percent of that budget has been spent on the Mars mission..

 

To put it in perspective, the budget was like that of four big Bollywood movies. India has reduced poverty by 15 percent in ten years and you can't do it any faster. Events like these are useful in spurring innovation in a country known for running mere call centers..

[k2s]

This is my post in other thread ..i guess it suits here too..

 

This mission has national pride written on it.. 

 

anyways the budget spent on it is totally fine too..

Only 0.8 percent of India's national budget is spent on the space program, and only 0.7 percent of that budget has been spent on the Mars mission..

 

To put it in perspective, the budget was like that of four big Bollywood movies. India has reduced poverty by 15 percent in ten years and you can't do it any faster. Events like these are useful in spurring innovation in a country known for running mere call centers..

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[Diana]

:3D_Smiles:

what you dont believe:? 

check the link http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2013/1105/India-s-Mars-mission-worth-the-cost

[Avataar]

DIANA...jst DIE me  :5_2_108:  :3D_Smiles_38:

[k2s]

what you dont believe:? 

check the link http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2013/1105/India-s-Mars-mission-worth-the-cost

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However, it might yet be too early to conclude that India’s disaster preparedness has reached its peak. An annual report by the World Bank, World Development Report for 2014 said that India is least prepared for natural disasters only after African countries. On a positive note, however, the report also says the death toll in India due to calamities, came down by almost half from 2003–2012 as compared to the previous decade.

India’s response to Cyclone Phailin, however, should put to rest some of these doubts. With a record 900,000 people evacuated in the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in the last two days, the Indian authorities were way ahead of the super storm whose ferocity many had likened to Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. in 2005, which killed 1,800 people.

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