Consider the following statements : The Government is promoting the 'K

Consider the following statements :
The Government is promoting the ‘Kisan Drone’ for

Spraying weedicides.
Digitisation of land records.
Crop assessment.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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UPSC CDS-2 – 2022

Based on the available options and the likely intended pairing of uses, the correct answer is B. While all three statements (spraying weedicides, digitisation of land records, and crop assessment) are indeed correct applications for which the Government is promoting ‘Kisan Drones’, the options provided only allow for selection of combinations of two or single statements. Option B groups ‘Digitisation of land records’ and ‘Crop assessment’, which represent data acquisition and monitoring functions of drones.

– Statement 1: Drones are promoted for precision spraying of insecticides, pesticides, weedicides, and nutrients in agricultural fields.
– Statement 2: Drones are used for surveying and mapping agricultural land, facilitating the digitisation of land records.
– Statement 3: Drones are employed for monitoring crop health, assessing damage, and estimating yields, which falls under crop assessment.
– All three statements describe valid applications of ‘Kisan Drones’. However, the provided options do not include the combination ‘1, 2 and 3’. Option B combining statements 2 and 3 (land records digitization and crop assessment) represents a plausible grouping of data-centric applications of drones in agriculture.

The promotion of Kisan Drones is a key part of the government’s strategy to modernize Indian agriculture, improve efficiency, and leverage technology for better farm management and governance. The applications extend beyond these three points but these are among the prominently mentioned ones.

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