India’s formal space programme has achieved numerous successes through the State-owned Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). From indigenous launch vehicle development to bringing India’s own Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) services online through Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NavIC), to scientific and exploratory missions to outer space – the list of ISRO’s achievements is extensive.

COVID-19 has imposed significant limitations on people’s lives. The lockdown period in India, lasting few months of 2020, has altered how India pays, driven by lifestyle changes. While the top and middle segment household people were largely at home, the bottom segment faced numerous challenges in fulfilling their needs. Across the spectrum, people were finding ways to live, work, transact and discovering the uses of digital transactions.

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