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Hyderabad-based Marut Drones Demonstrates Agri Multi Utility Drone Platform AG 365 to PM Modi

Marut Drones, being a pioneer in the Drone industry got an opportunity to showcase its products, research, and development in the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan & Agri Startup Conclave 2022. Marut found a place in 20 coveted stalls out of over 400 startups.

Shruti Kandwal
The Marut Drones team demonstrated their Agri Multi utility drone platform AG 365 and interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in PM Kisan Sammelan
The Marut Drones team demonstrated their Agri Multi utility drone platform AG 365 and interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in PM Kisan Sammelan

The conclave that was inaugurated by PM Modi on Monday, 17 October is likely to witness 13,500 farmers and around 1500 Agri Start-ups from across the country. The Sammelan will also witness the participation of researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

The Marut Drones team demonstrated their Agri Multi utility drone platform AG 365 and interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in PM Kisan Sammelan which is being organized by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare at IARI Mela Ground, Pusa, New Delhi. Modi took a walkthrough of the Marut Drones Exhibition and inspected the AG 365 - Agricopter product and appreciated the Marut’s science behind agri spraying including the development of SOP protocols in 7 crops and training modules specific to agriculture spraying and crop diagnosis. 

 India’s first Multi-utility Agriculture Drone - AG365-Agricopter

  • Scientifically backed

  • Crop-specific SOPs (7 major crops) 

PM Modi took a walkthrough of the Marut Drones Exhibition and inspected the AG 365 - Agricopter product
PM Modi took a walkthrough of the Marut Drones Exhibition and inspected the AG 365 - Agricopter product
  • Intensively tested on the field (on >1.2 lakh acres in 8 states (Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat)

  • Modular, swappable payloads for Direct Seeding, Pollination, Spraying, Granular spreader, Agri produce delivery and crop monitoring, and disease prediction. 

  • Working closely with 5 Agri Universities in the country for bringing new applications in agriculture 

Modi said “adoption of drone technology-based modern farming techniques is the need of the hour to boost the rural economy.” the Prime Minister said that we have to create new systems in agriculture and adopt more scientific and technological methods with an open mind. With this thinking, we have emphasized boosting scientific methods in agriculture, and maximum use of drones and technology.

Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers, Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje and Kailash Choudhary and Union Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilisers, Bhagwanth Khuba were also present on the occasion.

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