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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of 100 Kisan Drones
India’, the Government also 90% of Indian airspace as a
launched a PLI Scheme for green zone up to 400 feet,
drones and drone components UAS Traffic Management
with a total incentive of Rs. 120 policy framework 2021; Drone
crores. Owing to the new rules Certification Scheme 2022
and the incentive scheme, the to simplify the process of
drone industry is projected to be obtaining type certificate for
worth over 5,000 crores over the drone manufacturers; Drone
next three years. With expected Import Policy, 2022 which bans
annual sales of over 900 crores import of foreign-made drones;
in FY 2023-24, the drone sector and setting up of drone schools
is predicted to generate over to train pilots and providing
10,000 direct jobs in the service license for drone operations.
industry. India’s timely action to
Additionally, the tap the potential of drone
Government of India has technology in terms of
carried out a series of reforms innovation, technology,
to make India a self-sufficient and engineering along with
and globally competitive incentives and corroborative
drone hub which include the policies will indeed make India
publishing of Drone Airspace the drone capital of the world.
Map 2021 which opens nearly

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