BENGALURU: As India eyes a $40-billion drone industry by 2030, the Union government is engaged in firming up rules to regularise use of drones, including setting up of an unmanned air traffic management that will collaborate with the conventional air traffic management to prevent mutual violation of air spaces and resulting chaos.Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, said at a seminar on drone opportunities in defence and homeland security that draft rules for drones and their management and use will be out by March 31.
“These are in the final stages of discussions with the ministry. The rules will be framed by March 31.” A high-powered committee has been constituted with representative also from the private sector to look into the draft rules and safe functioning of drones.
