Drone Rules and Regulations

In an attempt to regulate the operation of unmanned flying devices such as drones, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) plans to register all civil unmanned aircraft and issue permits for operating for them.

The regulator has come out with draft guidelines for operation of civil Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). “DGCA will register all civil unmanned aircraft and issue an operator permit on case to case basis. All unmanned aircraft intended to be operated in India will require a Unique Identification Number (UIN) issued from DGCA,” says the draft guidelines, comments on which have been invited till May 21.

1) PUBLIC NOTICE File No. 05-13/2014-AED Dated: 7th October, 2014

2) PUBLIC NOTICE : AIR TRANSPORT CIRCULAR Dated XX of 2016

3) PUBLIC NOTICE : IMPORT OF DRONES Dated 27th JULY 2016