The Ministry of Civil Aviation through notification dated 25th August, 2021 has issued the Drone Rules, 2021. These rules shall apply to:
- All persons owning or possessing, or engaged in leasing, operating, transferring or maintaining an unmanned aircraft system in India;
- All unmanned aircraft systems that are registered in India; and
- All unmanned aircraft systems that are being operated for the time being, in or over India.
No person shall operate an unmanned aircraft system in India unless such unmanned aircraft system conforms to a type certificate or is exempted from the requirement of a type certificate. Any person, who intends to obtain a type certificate, shall make an application in Form D-1 on the digital sky platform.
