Central Govt is Providing an Incentive of Rs 120 crore under PLI Scheme

· Provisional List of 23 PLI Beneficiaries has been Released including 12 Drone Manufacturers and 11 Drone Component Manufacturers

The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for drones and drone components was notified on 30th September 2021. A provisional list of 23 PLI beneficiaries was released on 6th July 2022. The beneficiaries include 12 drone manufacturers and 11 drone component manufacturers. The list of shortlisted drones and drone component manufacturers is in Annexure.

The eligibility criteria which have been set for drones and drone component manufacturers are as follows:

(i) Eligibility norm for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and startups is specified as Rs. 2 crore of annual sales revenue for drone manufacturers and Rs. 50 lakhs of annual sales revenue for drone component manufacturers.

(ii) Eligibility norm for Non-MSME is specified as Rs. 4 crore of annual sales revenue for drone manufacturers and Rs. 1 crore of annual sales revenue for drone component manufacturers.

(iii) Minimum value addition is specified as 40% of net sales

The Government is providing a total incentive of Rs 120 crore spread over three financial years starting 2021-22. The incentive for 2021-22 will be payable in 2022-23 after scrutiny of the financial results of the beneficiaries.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation (Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 25 July, 2022.

Annexure in reply to Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question no. 814 for 25 July 2022

The list of shortlisted drone manufacturers is as follows:

i. Aarav Unmanned Systems, Bengaluru, Karnataka

ii. Asteria Aerospace, Bengaluru, Karnataka

iii. Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

iv. EndureAir Systems, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

v. Garuda Aerospace, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

vi. Ideaforge Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra

vii. IoTechWorld Avigation, Gurugram, Haryana

viii.Omnipresent Robot Technologies, Gurugram, Haryana

ix. Raphe Mphibr, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

x. Roter Precision Instruments, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

xi. Sagar Defence Engineering,Pune, Maharashtra

xii. Throttle Aerospace Systems, Bengaluru, Karnataka

The list of shortlisted drone component manufacturers is as follows:

i. Absolute Composites, Bengaluru, Karnataka

ii. Adani-Elbit Advanced Systems India, Hyderabad, Telangana

iii. Adroitec Information Systems, New Delhi

iv. Alpha Design Technologies, Bengaluru, Karnataka

v. Dynamake Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana

vi. Imaginarium Rapid,Mumbai, Maharashtra

vii. SASMOS HET Technologies, Bengaluru, Karnataka

viii.Servocontrols Aerospace India, Belagavi, Karnataka

ix. Valdel Advanced Technologies, Bengaluru, Karnataka

x. ZMotion Autonomous Systems, Bengaluru, Karnataka

xi. Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu