India, Feb. 4 -- Minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol informed the Parliament that 10,208 type-certified commercial drones have been registered on the Digital Sky platform as of September 2024.

Responding to a question, the MoS said that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has so far issued 96 type certificates to different unmanned aircraft system (UAS) models on the basis of their "purpose". Of this, 65 models are agriculture-based, while the remaining 31 are "logistics and surveillance-based".

DigitalSky is the DGCA's online platform that manages unmanned aircraft systems in India.

He also said that nearly 86% of the Indian airspace is "green" and available for drone operations. Under the existing rules,...