The Government of India adopts the Remote Sensing Data Policy (RSDP) 2011 containing modalities for managing and/ or permitting the acquisition / dissemination of remote sensing data in support of developmental activities.
Department of Space (DOS) of the Government of India shall be the nodal agency for all actions under this policy.
1.For operating a remote sensing satellite from India, license and/ or permission of the Government, through the nodal agency, shall be necessary.
2. For acquisition/ distribution of remote sensing data within India, license/ permission from the Government of India, through the nodal agency, shall be necessary.
3. For acquisition and distribution of IRS data for use in countries other than India, the Government of India shall grant license to such bodies/ agencies of those countries as are interested in the acquisition/ distribution of IRS data, as per specific procedures.
4. The Government prescribes the following guidelines to be adopted for dissemination of satellite remote sensing data in India:
All data of resolutions up to 1 m shall be distributed on a non-discriminatory basis and on “as requested basis”