Aviation Ministry Rolls Out New Rules For Drones; Prohibits Use For Delivery
India, June 6 -- Clearing the air around the delivery of orders through drones, the ministry of civil aviation has published the draft Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2020.
The draft has prohibited carriage of payload and dropping of articles by unmanned aerial vehicles. The draft says, "No Unmanned Aircraft shall carry any payload, save, as specified by the director-general."
This means that the plans for facilitating deliveries of hyperlocal delivery service providers Dunzo, Swiggy and others may hit the roadblock, at least for now. Meanwhile, the draft has set up a maximum speed limit for drones at 15 metres/second. The drones are only allowed to fly at a maximum height of 15 meters and within the range of 100 meters from the remote ...
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