NaMo Drone Didi: On Monday, March 11, 2024, the central government took the initiative to empower women in rural areas and make them financially independent.
Under the Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday (March 11, 2024), launched a drone distribution scheme for Indian rural women. The NaMo Drone Didi scheme was launched at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
Know all about the scheme and how it can benefit women and farmers.
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Namo Drone Didi Scheme
In a significant move aimed at empowering women in rural areas and making them financially independent, the central government took the initiative on Monday, in which 15,000 women-led Self-Help Groups (SHGs) will receive agricultural drones to assist in crucial tasks such as crop monitoring, fertilizer spraying, and seed sowing.
This initiative provides women with employment opportunities and enhances agricultural productivity by integrating modern technology.
Namo Drone Didi Scheme: How can the scheme be beneficial to them?
PM Modi stated that drones will deliver milk, groceries, medicines, and medical samples.
Among the thousands of drones distributed on Monday, some were manufactured by Garuda Aerospace, a Chennai-based startup founded by Agnishwar Jayaprakash in 2015.
Recognizing the pivotal role of self-help groups in rural development, Modi also disbursed around Rs 8,000 crore in bank loans to SHGs at subsidized interest rates through Bank Linkage Camps. Additionally, he released approximately Rs 2,000 crore in Capitalization Support Funds to SHGs, furthering their financial stability and capacity to drive local development initiatives.
Addressing the gathering, PM Modi hailed the occasion as “historic” and expressed confidence in women’s success stories, inspiring the government’s ambitious goal of creating 3 crore “Lakhpati Didis.”
Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated this goal during the presentation of the Interim Budget 2024-25 in the Parliament, when she announced an increase in the target from 2 crore to 3 crore.