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Rajulapudi Srinivas

Plans are afoot to make India a drone hub by 2030, says Andhra Pradesh Governor

Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer has said the Central government is planning to make India a drone hub by 2030 and about ₹900 crore would be invested in the sector in the next two years.

Mr. Nazeer, along with Supreme Court former Judge Jasti Chelameswar and Dhanekula Institute of Engineering and Technology (DIET) chairman D. Ravindranath Tagore, inaugurated a Drone Research and Development Centre on the premises of the institute at Ganguru in Krishna district on May 3 (Wednesday).

The research centre was set up in association with Israel-based Dronics Engineering Company, said DIET secretary Dhanekula Bhavani Prasad. Dronics Chief Executive Officer Nir Gendler presented a demonstration on different types of drones.

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