Drone Training Set To Help Generate Good Income To SHG Women

Sangareddy/Hyderabad, June 6 (Maxim News): Aiming to empower the women financially, the Sangareddy district administration trained some 57 selected self help group women in operation of drone as part of namo didi programme.

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The women were trained to spray pesticides and fertilizers on agriculture fields in villages. After the Union government launched the Namo didi programme. Sangareddy district was first in entire India to complete the 10 day mandatory training for these selected women.

Society for Elimination for rural Poverty (SERP), Telangana, nodal agency for the programme in Telangana, roped in Bangalore based Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace training institute to train these women in march this year. After completion of the training the women also demonstrated the operation of drones which drew the attention of even Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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During “Man ki baat programme”, Modi lauded the efforts of the SERP Telangana and district administration Sangareddy in training the women. The women were expected to get drone pilot certificates in a week or two when the agriculture operations would commence in Telangana. Meanwhile, the drones will be distributed at 80 percent subsidised rate to these women.

While the union government would bear 8 lakhs out of 10 lakhs, the women would need to bear the rest Rs. 2 lakhs. Two women will be paired to run one un9it of drone. The government has granted 6 drones to Sangareddy out of 90 allotted to Telangana so far.

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However, Collector Valluru Kranthi was so eager to get more units to the district to create employment to all the trained women.

Speaking to press persons, SERP Officer, K.Janga Reddy said that the commercial drone operators in Telangana were charging Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 per spraying pesticides. They can spray upto 50 acres in a day. During the peak of season, he said that the women can earn upto Rs. 25,000 per day which would certainly empower the women. (Maxim News)

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