The central authorities have notified the Drone Rules 2021, a much more liberalised regime for unmanned plane systems than what existed previously.
Highlights:
Digital sky platform – Developed as a business-friendly single-window on-line system.
No flight permission required upto four hundred toes in inexperienced zones and upto 200 toes in the place between 8 and 12 km from the airport perimeter.
No pilot licence required for micro drones (for non-commercial use), nano drones and for R&D organisations.
No limit on drone operations by using foreign-owned agencies registered in India.
Import of drones and drone factors to be regulated by way of DGFT.
No protection clearance required before any registration or licence issuance.
No requirement of certificates of airworthiness, special identification number, prior permission and remote pilot licence for R&D entities.