India’s space boom is creating a new business for lawyers
Space mandates can involve FDI, IN-SPACe, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC) approvals for spectrum and satellite communications, Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) compliance, Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) export controls, security clearances, geospatial-data permissions, and environmental and land-use approvals.