02 Jun 2022 India Drone Festival 2022
India Drone Festival 2022 – Today Current Affairs
- Recently, India’s biggest drone festival- India Drone Festival 2022 was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in New Delhi.
- Virtual Award of Drone Pilot Certificate, Panel Discussion, Product Launch, Demonstration of ‘Made in India’ Drone Taxi Prototype, Flight Demonstration were other major events of the festival.
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Drones:
- Drone is a common term used for unmanned aircraft (UA).
- Originally developed for the military and aerospace industries, drones have established themselves in the mainstream due to increasing levels of safety and efficiency.
- A drone can be remotely operated (human controlled), which means it relies on a system of sensors and LIDAR detectors to calculate its speed.
Applications of Drone Technology:
Agriculture : The Hindu Analysis
- With the help of drones, micronutrients can be sprayed in the agriculture field.
- It can also be used in survey to identify the challenges faced by the farmers.
Defence : The Hindu Analysis
- Drone systems can be used as weapons against terrorist attacks.
- Drones can be integrated into the National Airspace System.
- Drones can be deployed in combat, can be used to establish communication in remote areas and for counter-drone solutions.
Healthcare Delivery : The Hindu Analysis
- The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed a drone-based vaccine delivery model, the i-Drone. Telangana and North-Eastern states have been allowed to use this drone technology to deliver vaccines to remote areas.
Supervision : The Hindu Analysis
- Drone technology in SVAMITVA scheme launched by Government of India has helped about half a million village residents to get their property cards by mapping densely populated areas in less than a year.
- Drones can be used for real time monitoring of assets and transmission lines, theft prevention, visual inspection/maintenance, construction planning and management etc. Today Current Affairs
- They can be used for anti-poaching operations, monitoring of forests and wildlife, pollution assessment and evidence collection.
Law enforcement : The Hindu Analysis
- Drones are also important for law enforcement agencies, fire incident and emergency services, where human intervention and health services are not safe.
Significance of Drone Festival : The Hindu Analysis
- Promoting drone technology is yet another way to enhance our commitment to good governance and ease of living.
- We have got a smart tool in the form of Drone which is going to become a part of common people’s life.
- Since drone technology has its own applications in diverse sectors such as defence, disaster management, agriculture, health care, tourism, film and entertainment, there is potential for a major revolution creating immense employment opportunities. The Hindu Analysis
- Roads, electricity, optical fiber and digital technology are coming to the villages. However, agriculture is still being carried out in the old ways, leading to problems, low productivity and wastage.
- Drone technology can play a major role in empowering farmers and modernizing their lives.
- The government is striving towards building a strong drone manufacturing ecosystem in India through schemes like Production-Linked Incentives (PLIs).
Drone Rules, 2021 : The Hindu Analysis
- In the year 2021, the ministry notified liberalized drone regulations with an aim to encourage research and development and make India a drone hub.
- Under this, many types of permissions and approvals were abolished. For this the number of forms that need to be filled was reduced from 25 to five and the type of fee was reduced from 72 to 4.
- Now no permission is required to operate drones in green zone and no pilot license is required for non-commercial use of micro and nano drones.
- It allows a payload of up to 500 kg so that drones can be used as unmanned flying taxis.
- Apart from this, foreign ownership of companies operating drones has also been allowed.
PLI Scheme for Drones : The Hindu Analysis
- The government also approved a Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and its components with an allocation of Rs 120 crore over three financial years.
- The PLI plan for the drone and drone components industry addresses the strategic, tactical and operational uses of this revolutionary technology.
Drone power plan : The Hindu Analysis
- The Union Budget has emphasized on promotion of drones through startup and skilling in Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).
- Startups will be promoted through various applications and to facilitate ‘Drone Shakti’ for ‘Drone-as-a-Service’ (DrAAS). Courses for skilling will also be started in selected ITI institutes of all the states.
- DrAAS allows enterprises to avail various services from drone companies, without the need to invest in drone hardware or software, pilot and training programs.
- There are many areas where drones can be used and these include photography, agriculture, mining, telecommunications, insurance, oil and gas, construction, transportation, disaster management, geospatial mapping, forest and wildlife, defense and law enforcement.
- Drones will also be promoted for crop evaluation, digitization of land records, spraying of pesticides and nutrients (Kisan Drones).
- The drone services industry is expected to grow by over Rs 30,000 crore and create more than five lakh jobs in the next three years.
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