Secure India’s space and media future

India’s ambition to become a global economic superpower rests not only on scale and aspiration but on trust, fairness, and perception as a predictable and transparent regulatory environment. Yet recent developments, particularly the stringent satellite authorisation imposed on a single satellite operator, AsiaSat, threaten to shake the foundations of that trust. This is not just about one satellite operator, but about India’s regulatory posture, its global alignment, regulatory credibility, and the future of its space, entertainment, and creator economy.