KOCHI: Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) decision to legalise the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones in late 2018 was heralded as a welcome move among media and surveillance circles. Even so, operating drones in India necessitates following stringent set of regulations bound with a licence-permit system.
While the DGCA is yet to start issuing Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit, the whole process is interlinked wherein drone manufacturers will be required to make their products NPNT or No Permission-No Takeoff compliant. NPNT is a software that would enable pilots to register their devices (to be tagged with a unique identification number) and apply for permission before every flight through an app called Digital Sky.
