Lok Sabha Question No. 1256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Namo Drone Didi Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Shri B K Parthasarathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1256

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  JULY, 2024

## NAMO DRONE DIDI SCHEME

## 1256.  SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: SHRI B K PARTHASARATHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  beneficiaries,  drones  distributed  and  operational  under  the  Namo Drone Didi Scheme in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise; (b) the number of women in Andhra Pradesh who are completed training, received the Remote Pilot Certificate (RPC) from DGCA, and subsequently purchased drones, districtwise; (c) the average number of training sessions conducted for Drone Didi in Andhra Pradesh under this scheme before receiving the Remote Pilot Certificate; (d) whether the Government has conducted any survey on the income earned by Drone didis after training under the scheme; and if so, the details of the income earned by drone didis in Andhra Pradesh and if not,

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a): The Government has approved 'Namo Drone Didi' as Central Sector Scheme for providing drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) with an outlay of Rs. 1261 Crores for  the  period  from  2023-24  to  2025-26.  The  scheme  aims  to  provide  drones  to  15000 selected  Women  SHGs  for  providing  rental  services  to  farmers  for  agriculture  purpose (application of fertilizers and pesticides). Of the total 15,000 drones, first 500 drones have been  procured  by  Lead  Fertilizer  Companies  (LFCs)  in  2023-24,  using  their  internal resources and distributed to selected SHGs. Remaining 14500 drones are to be provided

- (e) the reasons therefor?

under this scheme during 2024-25 and 2025-26. As a part of first 500 drones, 108 drones have been supplied to the women SHGs of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(b): 108  members of  the  women  SHGs  have  been  trained  as  drone  pilots  at  various authorized Remote Pilot Training Organizations (RPTOs) authorized by Directorate General of  Civil Aviation (DGCA). The district-wise drone supplied and drone pilots trained in the State of Andhra Pradesh is enclosed as Annexure-I.

- (c): The  training sessions conducted for  training of members of women SHGs in the State of Andhra Pradesh were 9-12 days duration.

(d) & (e): The drones have been supplied to the women SHGs in the State of Andhra Pradesh in the month of March 2024. The actual use of these drones would be in Kharif 2024 season and therefore, the assessment of drone services and income earned by the women SHGs in the State of Andhra Pradesh is so far not available.

Annexure-I District-wise drone supplied and drone pilots trained in the State of Andhra Pradesh

| S. No.   | District              |   No. of drones supplied |   No. of members of Women SHGs trained as drone pilot |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Anakapalle            |                        1 |                                                     1 |
| 2        | Alluri Seetharamaraju |                        1 |                                                     1 |
| 3.       | Ananthapuram          |                        5 |                                                     5 |
| 4.       | Annamayya             |                        5 |                                                     5 |
| 5.       | Bapatla               |                        6 |                                                     6 |
| 6.       | Chitoor               |                        6 |                                                     6 |
| 7.       | Dr B R Konaseema      |                        1 |                                                     1 |
| 8.       | Eluru                 |                        6 |                                                     6 |
| 9.       | Guntur                |                        1 |                                                     1 |
| 10.      | Kakinada              |                        4 |                                                     4 |
| 11.      | Krishna               |                        7 |                                                     7 |
| 12.      | Kurnool               |                       10 |                                                    10 |
| 13.      | Nandyal               |                        9 |                                                     9 |
| 14.      | NTR                   |                        3 |                                                     3 |
| 15.      | Palnadu               |                        4 |                                                     4 |
| 16.      | Prakasam              |                        6 |                                                     6 |
| 17.      | SPSR Nellore          |                        5 |                                                     5 |
| 18.      | Sr. Satya Sai         |                        1 |                                                     1 |
| 19.      | Srikakulam            |                       11 |                                                    11 |
| 20.      | Tirupathi             |                        2 |                                                     2 |
| 21.      | West Godavari         |                        6 |                                                     6 |
| 22.      | YSR Kadapa            |                        8 |                                                     8 |
|          | Total                 |                      108 |                                                   108 |

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