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title: "India's 'drone sisters' drive agrarian and social revolution."  
description: "Hundreds of women are being trained to fly fertiliser-spraying aircraft under a government-backed programme."  
author: "Kamran Shehzad"  
published: 2024-03-07  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3977/india-s-drone-sisters-drive-agrarian-and-social-revolution  
category: "news"  
tags: ["India", "women", "Drone Sister"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# India's 'drone sisters' drive agrarian and social revolution.

![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/ef33334b-1802-4cb1-a208-ae9e678ef1d9.jpeg) ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/51eefa4a-31e2-4300-a5a8-37d8c6b0a453.jpeg) The 'Drone Sister' programme aims to help modernise Indian farming by reducing labour costs, as well as saving time and water in an industry hamstrung ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/c7c52c69-08b7-41ae-8c57-7cbfd7b3a8b9.jpeg) Himanshi, a certified drone pilot, sprays liquid fertiliser over a farm in Pataud. ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/d9819295-76f4-4433-9209-4f9dafa2a45c.jpeg) The women trained as pilots are given the 30kg (66-pound) drones for free along with battery-run vehicles to transport them. ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/7d167fd2-04be-4a5a-9e3a-ba39ad706e8d.jpeg) Sharmila Yadav operating a drone to spray liquid fertiliser over a farm in Pataudi. ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/4a0332ba-1f03-404d-ab0a-71e3c180ad93.jpeg) The women trained as pilots are given the 30kg (66-pound) drones for free along with battery-run vehicles to transport them. ![India s drone sisters drive agrarian and social revolution](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/2cb997f2-dc44-428c-9ba5-e697fef2f3d3/images/c03fbdd2-ef10-40f4-a2be-5a87d9873d7b.jpeg) Nisha Bharti, centre, instructor at Drone Destination, training women aspiring to be pilots.

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