Haryana Government on Tuesday launched the Drone Imaging and Information Service of Haryana Limited (DRIISHYA) for surveying infrastructure projects, monitoring of agriculture and horticulture crops, and surveillance of sensitive areas for security purposes. 

While inaugurating the “Startup Symposium and Industry Ignite, 2023” in Chandigarh, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal said that the Government of India has emphasized the need of utilizing drones and capture images to understand the crops yield and crops damage due to inclement weather, so that the compensation can be given to the farmers accordingly.

The Haryana government is using drones for surveying infrastructure projects, monitoring agriculture and horticulture crops, and surveillance of sensitive areas for security purposes.

The Chief Secretary said that DRIISHYA will impart drone pilot training to the youth in the state which would generate employment opportunities for them. He said the state government is also using drones to curb illegal mining activities and ensure sustainable mining practices in the state.

The government has been using drones to monitor and prevent stubble burning in the state. With this step, stubble-burning cases have come down to 47 percent as compared to the previous year. Now we are working to bring down the stubble burning cases to zero active fire incidents, he said. Speaking about the startups in Haryana, he said that the state is becoming a hub for a vibrant startup ecosystem in the country.

Kaushal said Haryana may be a small state geographically, but it contributes 6.5 percent to the total GST revenue collected by the Union Government “which itself speaks about the industrial progress of the state”.  He said that the state government has offered both fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for startup culture in the state. The state has productive manpower with 65 per cent of the population in the working age group of 15-59 years.