Drone manufacturing the next big industry in India: FMPCCI President

Bhopal, Aug 8 (KNN) Drone industry will be the next major industry of India like IT and Telecom, so the industries should now divert their focus to drone manufacturing, Federation of Madhya Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FMPCCI) president Radhasharan Goswami said on Saturday.

Speaking at the interactive session on "Prospects of Drone Component Manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh" organised by FMPCCI and Govindpura Industry Association, Goswami said “We should move away from traditional industries to new industries and should focus on making new products keeping in mind the need of the present and possibilities of the future”.

“Because we have seen that many industries have closed down. The reason why something is in the sick category is because we were not able to do product diversion. There is a lot of potential in the drone industry, for this a "Drone Cluster" is needed, “he added.

During his address, Goswami also stated that the ZDH executive(the German Confederation of Skilled Craft) has assured that they will get help from Israel and Germany in manufacturing drone components. The session also witnessed a presentation by federation secretary Praveen Acharya on the components related to drone manufacturing,

As per the data released by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, India's drone sector is likely to achieve a business of Rs 15k crore by the year 2026.  (KNN Bureau)