India’s Liberalised Drone Rules 2021: Can The Govt Walk The Talk?

India’s Liberalised Drone Rules 2021: Can The Govt Walk The Talk?

SUMMARY

By reducing the number of fees and number of forms from 72 to 4 and 25 to 5, The Drone Rules, 2021 has reduced the compliance burden from drone startups significantly

The Drone Rules, 2021 has been drafted on the premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring, says the ministry of civil aviation

Welcoming the move, startups founders however indicate a slew of reforms that are yet to be introduced and are essential to the industry

“Are you sure you want to commence the drone attack? There will be significant casualties,” EDITH (Tony Stark’s augmented reality security and defence system) asked Spiderman in “Far From Home.Going forward, the ministry has also announced plans to establish an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Promotion Council that will incorporate voices from the industry as well.“The Central Government may, within thirty days of the date of notification of these rules, publish on the digital sky platform, an airspace map for unmanned aircraft system operations segregating the entire airspace of India into red zone, yellow zone and green zone, with a horizontal resolution equal or finer than 10 meters,” the document mentions.Kamdar says, “The government has announced that it is creating a very interactive API map for all three zones, properly distinguished. But these cannot be taken into account in the case of indoor areas. The restrictions and the kind of clarity that is needed as to what constitutes the safe operation of a drone in indoor areas for all these applications — have not been mentioned.”Vipul Singh, founder and CEO, Aaarav Unmanned Systems said, “The new drone rules are pragmatic, progressive, entrepreneur-friendly and futuristic. These rules will make the Indian INR 5 Bn drone market in the next three years. This time not only as a consumer but creators of world-class solutions.”

Lately, India has been receiving a lot of threats in the form of drones. Several drones have been captured by the Indian Army that were carrying payloads in the form of weapons like AK 47 and other military-grade equipment.

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