CHINA SPENT 7 TIMES MORE THAN INDIA ON SPACE
NEW DELHI: The Chinese government — whose push for the space programme has seen the Chinese space agency race ahead in the past few years — has spent seven times more than what the Indian government has spent on its space programme, the Economic Survey 2019-2020 released Friday shows. Conceding that India’s government space expenditures still lags behind that of the major players in the space sector, the survey says: “China, which has become a key player in the space sector in recent years spent about seven times more than India in 2018.” It further shows that the US spent about 13 times more than India in the same year.