‘Make in India’ Startup to Make 1,000 Drones for Agriculture Sector

The ‘Make in India’ campaign is now aiming to help the agriculture sector and manufacture 1,000 drones that would be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The drones will be manufactured by Garuda Aerospace, a startup under the ‘Make in India’ campaign, reported ANI.

According to the news agency report, drones will help farmers optimize both farm productivity and profitability. The startup’s aim is to help farmers move past the manual spraying of pesticides, water, fertilizer on crops in order to save time, water, resources and to boost the agriculture industry.

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“Our founder met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, presented him with our plan to manufacture 1000 drones next month. He (PM) agreed to launch the event…With the help of drones, we’ll be able to save time, water, resources and get past manual spraying,” said Ram Kumar, Vice President, Garuda Aerospace.

Read more at India Times.

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