The Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday gave conditional permission to ten companies, such as Mahindra and Mahindra, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Bayer Crop Science, to apply drones for numerous purposes. In an assertion, the ministry stated the Karnataka authorities are one of the 10 companies and it has were permitted behaviour “drone primarily based aerial survey for developing city assets possession data in Bengaluru”.
Mahindra and Mahindra has were permitted behaviour “drone-primarily based agricultural trials” and use drones for precision spraying on paddy and warm pepper crops in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh mentioned. Two companies — Gujarat-primarily based Blue Ray Aviation and Telangana-primarily based Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy — were approved to behaviour “faraway pilot schooling the usage of drones”, the ministry’s assertion noted.
Bayer Crop Science has were given the permission to behaviour “drone-primarily based agricultural studies activities” and use drones for agricultural spraying, it mentioned.
The National Health Mission in Mumbai has additionally were permitted behaviour experimental BVLOS (past visible line-of-sight) drone flights to supply crucial healthcare objects in tribal regions of Jawhar in the Palghar district of Maharashtra.
Gangtok Smart City Development has were permitted a drone-primarily based aerial survey for its clever town project, the ministry’s assertion mentioned.
It stated SAIL has were permitted to apply drones to behaviour “perimeter surveillance” of its metallic plant in Burnpur, West Bengal.
Chennai-primarily based Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited has were permitted behaviour “drone-primarily based aerial spraying” to evaluate crop fitness and save you crop disease.
The ministry stated Pune-primarily based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology to behaviour atmospheric studies at 5 distinctive places withinside the country.
The ministry stated it has granted a conditional exemption to the aforementioned 10 companies from the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021, and it is ‘legitimate for a duration of three hundred and sixty-five days from the date of approval or till similarly orders’.