MAKING INDIA DRONE HUB OF THE WORLD

Abstract

These companies are either developing indigenous products or are rebadging and assembling the imported components as Made in India. Per the Govt. of India order dated 10-02-2022 the import of drones is banned in India, except for R&D and military use. This ban was done to boost and encourage the indigenization of drone technology in India In India any one can manufacture a drone, but to commercially sale it, the drone needs to be Type Certified by QCI or Bureau Veritas. These organizations rely on the certifications against some tests, endorsed by private testing labs. The actual government fees for type certification is 100 INR, but the expenses for the drone to match the standards for Type certification cost approximately 20 lakhs INR as these tests are time taking and number of labs present to conduct such tests is very few, in the country.