# India banned Chinese drones. Army, CRPF, and BSF can’t stop using them

An episode of [Daybreak](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1658118308), 13 Aug 2026, 8:45.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/4f5d726d/c5daa343.mp3

India has been talking about drones a lot lately, from Operation Sindoor to the government's $2 billion plan for combat drones. But long before that, in the forests of Chhattisgarh, security forces had already settled on the drone they trusted most. It is Chinese, made by a company called Da-Jiang Innovations, or DJI, and the government banned it years ago. So why do India's soldiers keep reaching for it? Based on investigation by Pratap Vikram Singh for The Ken Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.

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