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The Rise of India’s Drone Industry
Making Ideas Fly High
The idea of flying has
India is also moving fast in
the field of drones. A few days always been fascinating, and
ago we saw how apples were technology has made it a
transported through drones in reality. In India, the preparation
Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. With
for cutting-edge technologies in
the help of Drone Technology,
the field has set the country on
delicious Kinnauri apples of
Himachal will start reaching the path of a revolution. India’s
people more quickly. This will drone sector is booming. The rise
reduce the expenditure of our of unmanned flight technology
farmer brothers and sisters— over the last few years has
apples will reach the market on
sparked the imagination of
time. There will be less wastage
innovators across the country
of apples.
and today, India is building an
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi
ecosystem to become a global
(in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address)
drone hub by 2030.
Predominantly used for
warfare in earlier times, drones
"Driven by Prime Minister
have emerged as a transparent,
Narendra Modi’s vision of
efficient, and cost-effective
making India a global drone
hub by 2030, the Government tool for a tech-powered
has taken major initiatives India. Active efforts by the
(Drone Rules, 2021) over Government towards making
the last year to encourage drone services easily accessible
the adoption of drones in while encouraging industries
the country. Time will tell to embrace drone innovation
how this decade will be the to leverage the benefits of this
golden age for innovation
technology are touching the
and the proliferation of drone
lives of every citizen. The impact
technology in India."
of this was observed during
-Neel Mehta COVID-19 pandemic when
Director & Co-founder of drones were used to deliver
Asteria Aerospace and FICCI
vaccines and medicines, for
Co-chair –Drones
sample collection/delivery,
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