Kisan drone service now accessible through mobile app, says agriculture official

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Agriculture Director Manazir Jeelani Samoon.

Agriculture Director Manazir Jeelani Samoon. | Photo Credit: File Photo

Director of Agriculture Manazir Jeelani Samoon has said that Kisan drone services tin present beryllium availed from anyplace successful the State done the ‘Kisan Drones’ mobile application, marking a large measurement successful the integer translation of agriculture.

On Thursday, Dr. Samoon inspected the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) registration process nether the caller mentation of the e-Crop App during a tract sojourn to a maize workplace astatine Pedakakani successful Guntur district. He personally reviewed the upgraded e-Crop web and mobile applications, and assessed the real-time tracking strategy implemented for the Rabi 2025–26 season.

He examined the three-stage SMS alert mechanism, which included notification of tract sojourn and harvest registration by Rythu Seva Kendra (RSK) assistants, instant SMS alerts aft harvest booking with a verification link, and husbandman confirmation done the link.

He verified these alerts connected the mobile telephone of a farmer, Ala Malleswara Rao, and reviewed the confirmation connection sent aft palmy information upload and e-KYC completion.

Interacting with the farmers, Dr. Samoon assured enactment for providing subsidised cultivation machinery and implements. He besides enquired astir AP Farmer Registry IDs and the timely recognition of Annadata Sukhibhava and PM-KISAN benefits.

He advised the farmers against excessive urea usage, stressing the value of balanced fertiliser exertion for ungraded health. He said drone services for spraying and monitoring could present beryllium booked similar cab services done the app.

Published - January 22, 2026 08:38 p.m. IST

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