Kishore Jonnalaggada of Drone Aerospace Systems was in conversation with Anirudh Rastogi, founder and managing partner at Ikigai Law on a webinar organised by HasGeek. The entire conversation is available here. Anirudh breaks down the history of drone regulations in India into three phases: first, pre-2014 when there were no explicit regulations governing drone operations; second, post-2014Read more
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1. PRELIMINARY The European Commission on March 12, 2019 adopted the ‘Implementing Regulation on rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft’ along with the ‘Delegated Regulation on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems’ (“Regulations”) and its Annex. If objections are not raised by the EU Parliament or byRead more
The Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, had published the draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (draft policy) on 22nd March, 2018. The draft policy is available here. Our detailed comments on the draft policy are available here. In brief, our submissions were: Unmanned aerial vehicles should be included inRead more
This article highlights key takeaways for startups and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018 (available here.), published by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. (Note: the paragraph numbers in the parentheses below refer to those in the Draft Defence Production Policy, 2018) 1. Turnover and prior experienceRead more
Technological advancements have enabled applications of drones in diverse areas such as agriculture, infrastructure, crowd and disaster management and journalism. The benefits of drones have been widely acknowledged by various stakeholders in India such as the military, law enforcement agencies, government and the industry.[1] Recently, the Indian Railways revealed that it intended to deploy droneRead more