The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on January 26, 2022 notified a drone certification scheme to ensure minimum safety and quality requirements so as to boost indigenous manufacturing.
Salient Features of Drone Certification Scheme (DCS)
- The drone certification scheme was notified under Rule 7 of the Liberalised Drone Rules, 2021.
- The scheme will help in simpler, faster and transparent type certification of drones.
- The Ministry has already approved a PLI scheme for unmanned aircraft systems (drones) and drone components with an allocation of Rs 120 crore spread over three financial years.
- The certification criteria mentioned in the scheme (DCS) will be applicable to indigenous drone manufacturers, assemblers and importers, too.
- The objective of this certification scheme is to provide safety and security criteria and requirements for drones, evaluate their certification, among others.
- A steering committee will look into the scheme. The steering committee will include technical and certification committees.
- Requisites Manufacturers will need to include various test data, results at the time of submitting an application for certification of a drone.
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