New Delhi, July 23 -- A prototype drone is being developed by ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI) for transportation of fish and shrimp from production centre to market with a capacity of 70 kg payload under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada (PMMSY), the Government told Rajya Sabha today.
Fisheries Research Institutes under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have initiated research programmes on drones and expanding its uses to collect water samples for analysis from open-water bodies and difficult terrains; distribution of feed and medicines into culture systems; biomass estimation; health monitoring, etc, said Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, George Kurian, i...