Swarajya's video: Promising Future For Drone Pilots: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Airlines have been told to strictly follow the 'one hand bag' rule, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) had issued a circular on February 24, 2000 to enforce the rule, he said during the Question Hour. However, ladies hand bag, an overcoat or wrap, a rug or a blanket, a camera or a pair of binoculars, reasonable amount of reading material for flight, umbrella or walking stick, infant’s feed for consumption during flight and infant’s carrying basket provided an infant is carried, collapsible wheel chair or a pair of crutches or braces for passenger’s use if dependent on these and a gift item purchased from duty free shops are among the items that can be carried along with the hand bag. With the central government in Budget 2022 giving impetus to ‘kisan drones’, drone start-ups as well as large corporates such as Mahindra Farm Equipment, are busy putting together their agri drone strategy. After all, India has 160 million hectares of arable land and this certainly is an enormous amount of scale for drone manufacturers and the agri ecosystem at large (agro-chemical and farm equipment companies as well as village level entrepreneurs). The government expects the Indian drone sector to be a ₹15,000-crore market by 2026. Subscribe to Swarajya on YouTube. Get a Swarajya subscription: https://subscriptions.swarajyamag.com/join-us Website: https://swarajyamag.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarajyamag