Drone Didi scheme struggles to take off on Sirsa farms
Published on: March 30, 2026, 2:50 a.m. | Source: The Tribune
A government initiative to boost women-led drone spraying in Sirsa’s farms has fallen short of expectations, raising questions about its effectiveness. The ‘Drone Didi’ programme aimed at connecting women with technology to revolutionise agriculture, particularly through spraying nano-urea and pesticides. Official targets assigned each of the 11 women operators in the district to cover 1,000 acres each. In reality, only 4,551 acres were sprayed out of the 10,003 acres registered.
