Ministry of Civil Aviation allows drone use to gather agriculture data
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has allowed drone deployment by the agriculture ministry for remote sensing data collection in 100 districts of the country, for gram panchayat level yield estimation, under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
Earlier, the agriculture ministry had sought nod for allowing short-listed private agencies to operate drones to capture images of rice fields in these districts to assess crop yields.
A government official said drone-based images are important inputs in the models for crop yield estimation and validation.
