{"id":153443,"date":"2021-12-15T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=153443"},"modified":"2021-12-15T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:42:10","slug":"indias-drone-companies-are-soaring-in-these-4-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-drone-companies-are-soaring-in-these-4-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s drone companies are soaring in these 4 sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

News<\/strong>: India\u2019s latest drone rules have given a new life to operations in mining, energy, infrastructure and land records. Door-to-door drone delivery as a daily convenience may still be a bit in the future.<\/p>\n

While drone delivery pilots have become bigger, commercial applications at a wider scale is yet to happen.<\/p>\n

What are some recent events indicating a renewed activity in drone sector in India?<\/h5>\n

Medicine from the Sky<\/strong>: Telangana Govt, in partnership with NITI Aayog, World Economic Forum and Apollo Hospitals, organised a mega pilot \u2018Medicine from the Sky\u2019. Under this, several drone companies conducted more than 350 flights covering 850 Km over 45 days.<\/p>\n

Swiggy, along with ANRA Technologies,<\/strong> conducted 100 hours of trials of food package delivery via drones in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in June 2021.<\/p>\n

Svamitva scheme<\/strong><\/a><\/span>: In April 2021, the Centre launched a scheme called Svamitva to map land parcels in rural areas using drones. So far drone surveys have been completed in more than 85,000 villages.<\/p>\n

What are the reasons behind an increased activity in drone tech in India?<\/h5>\n

New Drone Rules<\/strong>: A large part of this optimism is driven by new Drone Rules<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>that were notified on 25th<\/sup> Aug 2021. They made things simpler<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

–<\/strong> Now one can do test flights without any approval in green zones below 400 ft.<\/p>\n

–<\/strong> Perimeter of the yellow zone has been reduced from 45 Km to 12 Km around airports & clear demarcation for red zones has made a large part of the country a green zone.<\/p>\n

Other policy changes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

–<\/strong> On 3rd<\/sup> Nov, Mineral Conservation and Development (Amendment) Rules, 2021<\/strong>, were notified by the ministry. They mandate drone survey images for leases having an annual excavation plan of 1 million tonne or more or leased area of 50 hectares or more.<\/p>\n

–<\/strong> In June, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)<\/strong> made mandatory use of drones for monthly video recording of National Highway projects during all stages of development, construction, operation and maintenance.<\/p>\n

What are the areas in which drone tech has developed over time?<\/h5>\n

The use of visual line of sight (VLOS) drone operations,<\/strong> where the remote pilot maintains continuous, unaided visual contact with the aircraft, has seen growth.<\/p>\n

VLOS operations allow surveillance and mapping and surveying that have applications in mining, construction, energy, urban development and land records<\/strong>. For these operations, drones, derive their value proposition from high-accuracy data collection.<\/p>\n

Companies are now also offering drone-as-a-service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Agriculture sector<\/strong>: Drone companies are also working with farmer producer organisations to help them consolidate their operations.<\/p>\n

How can drone tech help with rural healthcare?<\/h5>\n

R<\/strong>ural healthcare<\/strong>: Beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS)<\/strong> solutions, which are flights beyond the visual range, can help address various rural healthcare because lower air and population densities<\/strong> in the countryside minimises operational risks.<\/p>\n

For instance<\/strong>, a paradox that the health industry faces in remote areas is access versus wastage – <\/strong>Without stock supplies, lives are lost and with stocking, a lot of wastage happens. Faster and cheaper two-way last-mile connectivity<\/strong> between rural primary health centres and district supply hub and diagnostic centres can be the solution here.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward?<\/h5>\n

– To help growth of the drone delivery industry, pricing has to be competitive<\/strong> with that of the general procurement system of the government.<\/p>\n

– Also, delivering only emergency supplies may not allow companies to reach commercial viability. They may have to cross-subsidize that with routine healthcare delivery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Integration with the larger healthcare system requires training the local health personnel to safely load and unload payloads.<\/p>\n

– Base infrastructure such as drone ports and corridors is needed in cities.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201cIndia\u2019s drone companies are soaring in these 4 sectors<\/strong>\u201d published in Livemint<\/strong> on 15th<\/sup> Dec 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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