India, March 12 -- Pawan Goenka, chairman of Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), has confirmed that the final draft of the space bill is ready and is going through the approval process.

However, he refrained from providing a timeline for its passage.

Goenka was addressing the "Bharat Space Conclave 2025" in New Delhi today (March 12).

He was talking about the "Space Activities Bill," which was first discussed in 2017 to establish a legal framework to regulate and promote space activities in India- specifically focussed towards private players in the sector.

However, since then, there has not been much announcement from the government's end.

"I have stopped giving a target date when something is not in my full ...