Ahmedabad, Oct 19 (KNN) The Gujarat government on Wednesday inked an MoU with the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to set up a space manufacturing cluster at Sanand in Ahmedabad district.

As per the MoU, IN-SPACe will provide incentives and technical guidance to space technology equipment manufacturing units and startups. For this purpose, a technical support and incubation centre will also be set up at the IN-SPACe's headquarters, the government said.

As per reports, the government will provide land and infrastructure suited to the space and allied sectors to operate in the cluster.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

Ahmedabad-headquartered IN-SPACe is an autonomous agency of the Department of Space (DOS) that works to promote various space activities of non-governmental entities including building launch vehicles and satellites and providing space-based services, etc.

(KNN Bureau)