The civil aviation ministry on Friday scrapped the prerequisite of drone pilot licence for functioning drones in the place. The Distant Pilot Certificate (RPC) issued by a DGCA-approved drone university via the single window DigitalSky System shall be adequate for operating a drone in India, according to an formal. The formal also reported that no remote pilot certificate shall be needed for operating a drone up to 2kg for non-business uses.
A notification amending Drone Rules has been issued by the ministry and the requirement of a drone pilot licence has been abolished with result from February 11.
The most up-to-date shift will come times right after the governing administration banned import of drones with specified exceptions as component of attempts to promote domestic production of drones in the nation.
The ministry came out with liberalised drone principles in August 2021.
Following the regulations, the ministry issued the drone airspace map and Product or service Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in September 2021, UTM plan framework in October 2021. Apart from, drone certification scheme and one window DigitalSky Platform were being set in position very last thirty day period.
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