Year 2019 kept a majority of stakeholders in the Indian drone
ecosystem busy with the task of achieving new technical standards
to become compliant with the regulatory framework for drone
operations, put forth by the Indian Government with effect from
December 1, 2018. In 2020, the Government seems to be determined to
overcome the hurdles to enforcement of the regulatory
framework.
The regulatory framework for drones was issued by the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
("DGCA") on August 27, 2018 by way of
Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR), Section 3 – Air Transport
Series X, Part I, Issue I ("Drone
Regulations") for legalizing and regulating the
operation of drones for civil use in India. To liberalize the
regime further and tap the potential uses of drones especially for
commercial purposes, the Ministry of Civil Aviation constituted a
drone task-force under the chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister of
State for Civil Aviation. Accordingly, on the basis of
