India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has released draft regulations on requirements for civil UAS operations, but it is yet to release its regulatory policy, and this is holding back the use and manufacture of such systems in India.
The date promised to media last November was ‘January 2018, latest’.
According to the draft, DGCA will be mandated to register all commercial categories of UAS except those in the nano category and those operated by government security agencies. Each will receive a unique identification number.
‘We are trying to push the ministries of home and of civil aviation, and