UAS has seen exponential growth in
demand in India over the past 5 years. Primarily being used by law enforcement
agencies (LEAs), UAS have seen more usage by other PSUs and government
agencies. A specialized force constituted “for the purpose of specialist
response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster” has been using UAS
for locating victims of natural disasters, Indian Railways is using UAS for
inspection and tracking of progress of its mega project and largest state-owned
natural gas processing and Distribution Company has implemented UAS for
surveillance of its network of gas transmission pipelines. Adoption of UAS is
increasing in India and it is projected that the value of industry and market
would be around US$ 885.7 million, while the global market size will touch US$
21.47 billion by 2021. There have been a number of Indian Governmental Agencies
and PSUs that have piloted and even scaled up operations of drones for their
construction and operations.
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