India, Aug. 18 -- Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday laid out India's space plans for the next 15 years, culminating with an Indian astronaut setting foot on the moon.

Singh was speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Initiating the discussion on 'India's first astronaut aboard the International Space Station: Critical role of the space programme for Viksit Bharat by 2047', the minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook space sector reforms after assuming office in 2014.

Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the PMO, said that India will undertake an uncrewed space mission involving a robot called 'Vyommitra' in 2026, followed by t...