India should challenge Musk’s monopoly in space-based communications: Former Niti VC Rajiv Kumar

New Delhi: India can and should challenge Elon Musk’s monopoly in space-based communications, former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday.

In a social media post on X, Kumar said the government has $145 billion sitting in the USO (Universal Service Obligation) fund.

“This should now be utilised to help Indian telecom network providers like @airtelindia and @reliancejio to urgently put up their satellite networks to compete with @elonmusk Starlink,” he said.