"Air taxis are being researched and invented globally and many startups are coming up," the minister said during a press conference.
The Government has decided to repeal the UAS Rules, 2021 and replace the same with the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021.
On June 29 drone activities were thwarted by the Army at the Ratnachuk-Kaluchak military area in Jammu.
The surveillance drone of the Indian Air Force crashed into the field of village Malo Gil in Punjab's Gurdaspur due to a technical failure.
This exemption is valid for a period of one year from the date of approval or until further orders, whichever is earlier and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the standard operating procedures issued by DGCA.
On July 16, a drone that was operating around the Jammu Air Base was picked up by the radars of the anti-drone system deployed by the National Security Guard (NSG) there.
Four suspected drones were spotted in Bari Bhramna area of Samba in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night. The drone movement was seen in an area near a police station, another at Balol Bridge and in two other nearby locations.
The NSG had deployed an anti-drone system in the city after a drone attack took place on the Jammu air base last month.
Search operations were launched in Pargwal area near the International Border (IB) late on Thursday too after local residents allegedly spotted a flying object believed to be a drone.
Suspected Pakistani drones were spotted hovering over three different locations in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The flying objects were sighted simultaneously over Bari-Brahmana, Chiladya and Gagwal areas around 8.30 pm on Thursday, the officials said.
"It was the first sector commander-level meeting between the two border guarding forces after the declaration of ceasefire agreement by DGMOs (in February)," a BSF spokesperson said.
It was a Hexacopter with a flight controller & GPS. Interestingly, the serial number of the flight controller is a digit different from the drone which was found in Kathua, last year. This drone is an assembled one with some parts from China, others from Taiwan: ADGP, Jammu zone
A drone was shot down in Akhnoor of Jammu district by security forces on Friday. It added that security officials have recovered explosive material from the drone.
The Jammu and Kashmir police has shot down a drone carrying improvised explosive device (IED) material weighing 5 kg in the border belt of Jammu district on Friday.
Four suspected drones were spotted at different locations in Samba and Jammu on Friday morning, news agency ANI reported.
At least two drones were spotted flying near Samba and Hiranagar area in Jammu following multiple rounds of fire were heard as armed forces launched security operation.
The Navy's decision came in view of a drone attack on an Indian Air Force base in Jammu last month.
A drone was seen over the Indian High Commission compound in Islamabad, sources said today. India has registered its strong protest with Pakistan over the security breach, they said. This sighting at the Indian facility in Islamabad comes amid heightened tensions over a drone attack on an air force base in Jammu and Kashmir last week.
A Pakistani drone was noticed in Dera Baba Nanak of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Friday, said BSF sources.
The government has invited bids for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs to remote areas and those with difficult terrains in select locations of the country by drones to ensure last-mile coverage.
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