 Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken a significant step in firming out the government’s

policy on allowing drones for civilian and commercial purposes

 It’s no longer a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’, as far as experiments of the consortium goes in upcoming 6
months

 Eliminate contact between the delivery partner and the end consumer while returning to “new normal”

 Extremely beneficial in times of trouble in getting frontline staff

 Investment in automated drones likely to be beneficial in the long run with fast paced technology
advancements development like light battery, high computation using lesser resources for greater
output

 Cut down on carbon footprints with elimination of natural gas/diesel powered trucks, vans etc and
drones plugging for energy from clean energy sources

 Difficult to access areas owing to poor infrastructure wouldn’t suffer for delivery

 Reduced labour cost of delivering packages and

 Amazon having a strong presence in Indian ecommerce industry will be at advantage if offers speedy
delivery through drones before the other competitors do

 As per Packaging Digest report, Pharmaceutical and medical companies will benefit