‘Medicine from the Sky’ initiative launched in Telangana

WHY IN THE NEWS?

• Civil aviation minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia has launched a first of its kind “Medicine from the Sky” project in Telangana. The project has aimed at transporting vaccines and other essential products to remote areas using drones.
• The Medicine from the Sky project will be taken up on a pilot basis in 16 green zones in Telangana and later scaled up on the national level based on data.
• “This ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project will be taken up in 16 green zones.
• The data will be analysed for three months.
• Along with the health ministry, IT ministry, state government and the Centre will together analyse the data and make a model for the whole country.