Civil Drones
The Drone Draft Policy by the government is aimed at boosting further development of technology in the domain of UAVs in the future
Analysing Draft Drone Policy The new Drone Policy is aimed at making it easier for companies and individuals to operate Drones, while also streamlining the certification process for manufacturers, importers and users
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By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd) On Thursday, July 15 this year, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) released a draft policy document with the title “The Drone Rules, 2021” and invited observations and suggestions from the public at large. In view of the increase in the level of activity in the Indian skies on account of uncontrolled proliferation in the domain of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Drones, it has become necessary for the MoCA to introduce regulatory provisions in this segment of aviation to obviate the possibility of these proliferating unmanned platforms posing any kind of risk to the safety and security of the general public as well as to assets on the ground. However, the new regula-
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tions are aimed at making it significantly easier for companies as well as individuals to own and operate Drones, while also streamlining the labyrinthine certification process for manufacturers, importers and users. This move by the government is aimed at boosting further development of technology in the domain of UAVs in the future. The Drone Rules, 2021 will replace the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Rules 2021 released earlier and which came into force on March 12, 2021. The public has been requested to offer their comments and observations on “The Drone Rules, 2021” by August 5, 2021. The new regulations have enhanced focus
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