Drones to fly over country under digital Sky watch

India will deliver permissions for drone flights only thru Digital Sky; almost years after the single-window platform for drone-related subjects were to begin with launched.

The pass, which got here into effect on August 15, will allow simplest the ones drones that observe the nation’s ‘no permission, no take-off’ (NPNT) protocol to operate in regions demarcated as green and yellow zones, letting them fly over nearly 70% of the nation’s landmass.

Drone flights over urban areas, near defence and strategic installations, airports and border areas, which might be classified as pink zones, will need clearances from relevant security agencies earlier than take-off.

“With all green and yellow zones activated on August 15, all doubts about the NPNT concept, unfold by way of vested interests, were laid to rest,” stated Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation. “All manufacturers have to now attention only on making top first-class products with the NPNT feature.”