India Indigenous Gps Tender

Indias own regional navigation satellite system named as Navigation with Indian Constellation NavIC is established by ISRO and is functional from April 2018 onwards.ISRO has completed all the necessary preparations with regard to establishment of Space Segment currently Eight IRNSS satellites are in orbit and Ground Segment spread across India. The Seven satellites in the system are providing Positioning Navigation and Timing PNT services and one satellite IRNSS-1A is providing messaging services.The potential of this indigenous system is being demonstrated in various application sectors viz. vehicle tracking system mobiles timing power synchronization fisheries surveying etc. For example all commercial vehicles registered from 1st April 2019 onwards are mandated to have vehicle trackers which are also NavIC-enabled. More than 30 companies are manufacturing Automotive Research Association of India ARAI or International Centre for Automotive Technology ICAT approved NavIC-enabled vehicle trackers in India. Through the provision of these services the dependence on the American-owned GPS could be obviated.This information was provided by the Union Minister of State Independent Charge Development of North-Eastern Region DoNER MoS PMO Personnel Public Grievances Pensions Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.