Widespread adoption
1. 6,60,000 villages are being mapped using drones under SVAMITVA scheme for creating land entitlement records.
2. The National Highway Authority of India has started using drones for construction progress monitoring of all new highways being constructed across the country.
3. Mines over the size of 50 hectares or having annual excavation plans of more than 1 million tonnes are mandated to conduct drone surveys.
4. The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare announced a subsidy of INR 10 lakhs per drone on purchase of agricultural drones. Agricultural institutes under the central and state governments are conducting drone demonstrations to promote the use of kisan drones.
5. The Jharkhand state government is using drones to monitor forest fires and movement of wild tuskers.
6. The Bihar state government is using drones for detecting illegal liquor manufacturing.
7. Indian Oil Corp started deploying drones to check fuel thefts from pipelines from August 2021.
8. Surveillance drones are being deployed by the Army for monitoring high altitude border areas in the north.
9. Heavy payload carrying transport drones are being deployed by the Army for delivering essential supplies to soldiers at hilly terrains.