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spraying disinfectants, and crucial role in monitoring and in
lockdown patrolling. combat. Today’s modern path-
With a definite impact on breaking drone capabilities are
education, agriculture, weather being utilized for meeting the
forecasting, healthcare, requirements of frontline troops
disaster management, defense, as well.
and other sectors, effectively Inaugurating the Bharat
harnessing drone technology Drone Mahotsav 2022, Prime
will complete Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi cited
Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sabka ‘PM SVAMITVA Yojana’ as
Saath, Sabka Vikas’. Also with an example of how drone
their agility and ability to reach technology is becoming the
inaccessible places, drones basis of a major revolution.
are helping the Government Under this scheme, for the first
and various organizations time, the country's villages are
in expanding their horizons. being digitally mapped and
From ‘Kisan Drones’ for crop digital property cards are being
assessment, and spraying given to the people. He also
insecticides, ‘i-Drones’ to said that the advanced drone
develop an ecosystem for technology and supporting
healthcare drone deliveries, policies fulfill the Government’s
to drones being used for vision of ‘Minimum Government,
Kedarnath reconstruction Maximum Governance.’
and the Namami Gange The presence of young
Programme, they have already engineers, entrepreneurs, and
been ushered in for the country’s innovators is also pushing
overall development. For India’s for a quantum leap in India’s
defense, drones are playing a drone industry. To support and

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