India, March 12 -- New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India was on the cusp of a women-led technological revolution as he handed over 1,000 drones to "Namo Drone Didis", a growing contingent of women from self-help groups (SHGs) trained to undertake agricultural operations using remote-controlled aerial vehicles.

Participating in the "Sashakt Nari, Viksit Bharat (Empowered Women, Developed India)" programme at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in the Capital, Modi disbursed Rs.8,000 crore in bank loans to SHGs at subsidised interest rates. The Prime Minister also digitally transferred Rs.2000 crore worth of capitalisation support funds to SHGs.

Modi said that women were at the core of every policy of h...