: Centre relaxes existing rules in draft of new national policy on drones #IndiaNEWS The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday released the Draft Drone Rules, 2021, aimed at regulating the usage

Centre relaxes existing rules in draft of new national policy on drones #IndiaNEWS
The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on Thursday released the Draft Drone Rules, 2021, aimed at regulating the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles in the country.The rules, once notified, will replace the Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2021, which came into force on March 12. The ministry has sought the response of citizens on the draft by August 5.Draft Drone Rules, 2021 released for public consultation by Ministry of Civil Aviation t.co/hVoKxVHj6j pic.twitter.com/yJc0d35dII— PIB Civil Aviation (@Pib_MoCA) July 15, 2021 The draft rules came days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of ministers to discuss the formulation of a national policy on drones, Hindustan Times reported. On June 27, the Jammu and Kashmir Police had said that drones may have been used to drop explosive material that caused two low-intensity blasts at the Jammu Air Force Station.The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the proposed new rules on drones were framed “on a premise of trust, self-certification, and non-intrusive monitoring???. The draft rules have eliminated several authorisations, including unique authorisation number, unique prototype identification number, certificate of conformance, certificate of maintenance and import clearance.The rules aim to create a “digital sky platform??? as a business-friendly single-window online system for procuring various approvals. The ministry has said that there will be minimal human interface on the digital...Read more

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