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Updated – August 24, 2026 01:32 am IST – New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets young space entrepreneurs and innovators in New Delhi on August 21, 2026.
| Photo Credit: ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (August 23, 2026) called upon the country’s private space sector to build an ecosystem that can attract global talent, companies and investment, saying the country should create an “aura” that makes it a destination for people seeking to build careers in the sector.
Mr. Modi was interacting with the CEOs and founders of 20 Indian space startups here as India marked the third National Space Day. The day is observed on August 23 to commemorate the Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon in 2023, when India became the first country to land in the lunar south polar region.
“You have shown courage in entering a new field,” Mr. Modi told the entrepreneurs, emphasising the importance of consistent government policy in giving risk-takers confidence that they would not be abandoned if things went wrong.
