The Maharashtra government is planning to build a drone hub and manufacturing cluster at Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) in Aurangabad district, for which it has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner (Industries), Directorate of Industries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in September 2019, had inaugurated the 10,000-acre AURIC, the country’s first greenfield industrial smart city, which is also part of the upcoming Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor. AURIC envisages global investments worth Rs 70,000 crore in the next 10 years and is likely to generate three lakh jobs.
According to officials, the government received a proposal from strategic think-tank Bramha Research Foundation, Mumbai, to set up a drone hub and manufacturing cluster at AURIC in Aurangabad.
