Ministry of External Affairs has said that India shares the satellite data and coordinates for rapid response to major disaster situations as per the charter set up under the UN-SPIDER. <br />'' <br />'' In response to a query on sharing of satellite data for flood relief efforts, the MEA Spokesman Mr. Raveesh Kumar said in a statement issued in New Delhi today, the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) represents Indian Space Research Organization as a member of the International Charter Space and Major Disasters. <br />'' <br />'' By combining Earth observation assets from different space agencies, the Charter allows resources and expertise to be coordinated for rapid response to major disaster situations. <br />'' <br />'' Whenever there is a natural disaster, NRSC and member space agencies of other 32 countries which are a part of Charter can activate the Charter and then it seeks the information pertaining to disaster-hit area available with all the 33 member space agencies. <br />'' <br />'' Due to the heavy floods in India, the Charter was activated on 17th July last by NRSC. Under the Charter, so far data has been received from eight countries, including USGS, CNES, ESA, ROSCOSMOS, Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) and three others. ISRO has also provided information to other Space Agencies in response to similar requests, the statement added.<br />