Drone manufacturing: DGCA approves 63 training centres, 25 manufactures

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which regulated civil aviation in India, has 63 authorised Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) in the country as of July 25, 2023, according to a written statement provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, V K Singh, to the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The regulator has also issued 25 types of certificates for drone manufacturing.

Maharashtra has the most significant number of RPTOs at 12, followed by Haryana with 11, then Gujarat and Karnataka with six each.