PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate Bharat Drone Mohatsav At Pragati Maidan Today | 5 Things To Know

Drone Festival of India 2022: This is the biggest Drone festival in India. After the inauguration, PM Modi will also see open-air demonstrations. The exhibition will show various use cases of these machines.

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Published: May 27, 2022, 10:49 AM IST

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Drone Festival Of India 2022 | New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India’s biggest drone festival, Bharat Drone Mohatsav, at Pragati Maidan today. According to reports, the inauguration will take place at 10 AM. Over 1,600 delegates are expected to take part in the festival. These will include diplomats, armed forces officials, private companies as well as drone start-ups.

Also, there will be over 70 stalls at the exhibition. They will display different use cases of drones. Interestingly, the exhibition will also have a Made in India Dron Taxi prototype. The central government has been giving importance to drone production in the country. In a media interaction a couple of weeks ago, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that India is expected to need around 1 lakh drones in the coming years.

Scindia also said that the cost of drone pilot training will also go down in the coming 3-4 months. On September 21, 2021, the central government announced the launch of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to give a boost to drone production in India. Rs 120 crore were allocated to the sector. On May 5 this year, the government invited the second batch of applications under the scheme.

Bharat Drone Mohatsav: 5 Important Points To Note

1. Apart from PM Modi, Smit Shah, President of Drone Federation of India and Arun Kumar, DG of DGCS will also be present at the inauguration.
2. After the inauguration, PM Modi will see open-air drone demonstrations.
3. It is India’s biggest drone festival to date.
4. It is a two-day event and will conclude on May 28, 2022.
5. Various digital awards will be given during the event.