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=> Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed to prepare a concrete action plan for setting up a drone manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh in view of the importance of unmanned aircraft in various fields like disaster relief, agriculture and law and order.

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=> Presiding over a meeting of senior officers in Lucknow, he also directed the officers to chart the rules and regulations on the use of drones and prepare a plan to compile the rich history of villages and cities of the state.

=> He also proposed to start certificate or diploma courses on drone technology in industrial training institutes, for which necessary help would be taken from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

=> The Chief Minister asked the officers to document the rich mythological, historical and cultural history of the cities and village panchayats across the state, to compile the data in this regard and to the Urban and Rural Development Departments on the lines of Uttar Pradesh Divas, respectively, 'Gram Days'.

• And instructed to prepare a plan for celebrating 'city day'.