India's investments in space activities were mainly driven by public policy, and there had been steadily growing support for space technology developments and applications through investments by the government. Its space activities encompass diverse branches of space endeavors, including space launches to applications to interplanetary scientific missions. As an integral strategy, the space industry development and promotion was pursued from the very early stages of development of India's space program till now mainly to derive support for the publicly funded program and also for creating necessary social and economic impacts. India's space industry role too had undergone an evolutionary process over the past three to four decades, and certain epochs could be identified in tandem with the evolutionary phases in India's space activities and also changes in economic and social environment.
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