Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- To address various challenges for safety and expansion of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in India, a task-force constituted by the Union government has proposed creation of "Drone Corridor" and "Droneports" in the country.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Civil Aviation constituted task-force has recommended key principles and ideas in - Drone Ecosystem Policy Roadmap - that will guide the drafting of 'Civil Aviation Regulations' (CAR) 2.0.
Currently, a basic framework for regulations in the area have been established under the "DigitalSky Platform" in CAR 1.0 which took effect from December 1, 2018. The roadmap was released at the Global Aviation Summit 2019 being held here from January 15-16.
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