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020			_a9780195683455
020			_a0195683455
025			_aI-E-2006-454872; 92-92
037			_bLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office _cRs695.00
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100	1		_aSankar, U.
245	1	4	_aThe economics of India's space programme : _ban exploratory analysis / _cby U. Sankar.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press ; _c2007.
300			_axiii, 312 p. : _bill., map ; _c24 cm. _eHB
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312).
520			_bSpace technologies assist in driving innovations, expanding knowledge, and enhancing information. An investment in the future, they are an important tool of social and economic development. The first ever economic analysis of the space programme in India, this book discusses the development of satellites and launch vehicles, uses of communication and remote sensing satellites, and demonstrates Indias comparative advantage in producing transponders. For each sector in the application segmentbroadcasting, telecommunications, meteorology, and remote sensingthis study identifies contributions of space technology in terms of cost savings, social benefits, and improvements in the quality of products/services offered. The book emphasizes the need to take the benefits of services to ultimate users in an efficient manner and opens the door for innovative applications of space data in areas such as natural resource management, forecasting of crop yields, urban planning, pollution monitoring, and environmental accounting. It recommends better management of information to meet current challenges of globalization, enhance market potential for space technologies, and the research potential of space economics.
650		0	_aAstronautics _zIndia _xCost effectiveness.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0907/2006454872-d.html
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