Contractors
A large portion of India's aerospace expertise remains within the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), but a commercial industry continues to be nurtured. ISRO created the Antrix Corporation in 1992 to market space and telecommunications products, and in the same year established a policy to promote the commercial procurement of space technology components rather than their manufacture within ISRO. Today, approximately 50% of the ISRO budget goes to Indian industry, although a subsequent portion may be used to purchase foreign equipment. Facilities construction and development are often provided by a separate Civil Engineering Division of the Department of Space (References 25, 29-30).
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