Drone Didis’ are pushing past their limitations & transforming India’s rural landscapes

How ‘NaMo Drone Didis’ are pushing past their limitations & transforming India’s rural landscapes It’s a sunny February morning in Katlaheri in Haryana’s Karnal. As 36-year-old Sita Devi steps out of her home to power on her electric autorickshaw, curious neighbours hurry to catch a glimpse of what she is about to do. “Ever since I returned from Manesar in Haryana, villagers here wonder what I have learnt and what it is that I do,” she tells ThePrint smilingly as she boards her auto. Sita is on her way to some nearby fields to work as ‘NaMo Drone Didi’ — a name given to women drone pilots who have been trained under the Narendra Modi government’s ‘NaMo Drone Didi Initiative’. The scheme, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced from the ramparts of the Red Fort during Independence Day last year and launched last November, is aimed at training and equipping 15,000 women-led Self-Help Groups (SHGs) with agricultural drones. [Read more]( If you would prefer not receiving our emails, please [Click Here](