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"We Are Going To Go From Autorickshaws To Airrickshaws"

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, who is spearheading the drone revolution in the country, spoke about issues ranging from creating game changing regulations to launch of flying taxis in an interaction with Business Today's Manu Kaushik and Rajeev Dubey. Edited excerpts:

What is our level of preparedness in infrastructure, and where do we stand in terms of the drone ecosystem?

India is on the path to having the world's leading drone ecosystem. I came to the aviation ministry about two and a half years ago. That time, there had been a number of discussions but there was no formal drone policy. It was not that people were not using drones. Even then, if you went to a wedding, you would see people using drones for photography. People were making ads using

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