Indian Army Likely to Get Drones to Monitor Militant Activity
September 07
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government will soon frame and implement a drone policy and go for a technological upgradation to monitor militant activities, specially in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Assam.
The Minister said the new policy will unveil comprehensive regulations on the use of drones which are being increasingly inducted into the Indian security establishment to monitor sensitive and vulnerable areas prone to security risks, including thick and dense jungles in Maoist-affected areas where physical monitoring is extremely difficult.
He made the announcements while inaugurating a three-day Defence and Homeland Security Expo and Conference-2018 organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro,...