From BBC:India's space agency has said it will launch its first manned mission to space in 2016.
A senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in Bangalore said that two astronauts would take part.
"We are preparing for the manned space flight," Isro Chairman K Radhakrishnan told reporters.
"We will design and develop the space module for the manned mission in the next four years," he said.
Observers say India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market.
In September it launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country's inaugural Moon mission was aborted.
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