Given their increasing significance in the countrys economic development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently declared that India should become a drone manufacturing hub of the world. In our cover story, we have analysed the drone manufacturing ecosystem and the opportunities and challenges that India needs to deal with to fulfil its ambition of becoming a global player in a more than 100 billion market. In this issue, we have also dissected another vital issue: Can fortified rice tackle the problem of malnutrition among children and the marginalised The government has taken a decision to introduce fortified rice as part of a bigger plan to produce biofortified food. The recently released 5th National Family Health Survey indicates that malnutrition and anaemia are two problems constantly simmering under the surface. Experts are divided over the benefits of fortified food in the absence of large-scale studies and empirical data. One camp believes that fortified rice helps in improving the nutritional intake in children and the anaemic, the other lot is as yet unconvinced of its benefits. Another engrossing read in this issue includes a detailed and data-driven analysis of how, despite the stupendous growth in digital payments in the country, a vast chunk of unseen India is excluded from availing of benefits provided by the state due to the ever-increasing digitisation of the social welfare ecosystem, leading to an insurmountable digital divide.