India’s ‘drone sisters’ driving farming and social change Hundreds of women are being trained to fly fertiliser-spraying aircraft under a government-backed programme.

a woman aspiring to be a remote pilot operating a drone under the government-backed “Drone Sister” programme, at Drone Destination training centre in ManesarShe will pocket 50,000 rupees ($600) after spraying 150 acres (60 hectares) of farmland twice over five weeks, a little over double the average monthly income in her native Haryana state.batch of 300 women trained by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), the largest manufacturer of chemical fertilisers in the country.