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Government announces Regulations for Drones

August 29 , 2018 2155 days 916 0
  • The Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the ‘Regulations for civil use of remotely piloted aircraft system’ i.e., Drones.
  • For registering and operating drones, India has formulated an all-digital process, The Digital Sky Platform.
  • It is the first-of-its-kind national unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform that implements “No Permission, No Takeoff” (NPNT).
  • Airspace has been partitioned into
    • Red Zone (flying not permitted),
    • Yellow Zone (controlled airspace), and
    • Green Zone (automatic permission).
  • The drones are categorized into Nano, Micro, Small, Medium and Large.
  • All drones, except nano and those owned by NTRO, ARC and Central Intelligence agencies, will be issued a “unique identification number” (UIN)
  • The Drone Task Force has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Minister of State Shri Jayant Sinha and he will provide draft recommendations for Drone Regulations 2.0.

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