Lok Sabha Question No. 775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Registration of Drone Players
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 775 (To be answered on the February 2020) 6th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## REGISTRATION OF DRONE PLAYERS

775.

MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has started the registration 0f private drone players in the country and if so, the details of number of private drone operators registered So far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has developed any mechanism to bard illegalfirmlentity to register as licensed drone operator; and
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to extend the deadline of not; the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has prepared any to cross check the genuineness of the registered drone operators on the regular intervals, if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? plan

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

a)In order to facilitate the identification of civil drones and drone operators, a one-time opportunity for voluntary disclosure 0f civil drones and drone operators had been provided; The details of number of drone operators registered So

(c) & (d) As per the current Civil Aviation Rules and regulations, there are detailed procedures for evaluation of every applicant for drone operators license.

(b) No Sir, at present there is no such proposal;

## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 775 for answer on 06.02.2020

The details of private drone operators registered so far is as follows:

| OAN Application       | OAN Successfully Issued   | Draft   | Total   |
|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------|---------|
| Private               |                           |         |         |
| Individual            | 15519                     | 0       | 15519   |
| Corporate             | 746                       | 36      | 782     |
| Total (Private)       | 16265                     | 36      | 16301   |
| Corporate Government) | 204                       | 13      | 217     |
| Grand Total           | 16469                     | 49      | 16518   |

## The further Breakup is as follows:

| State             | Sum of Count   |
|-------------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 18             |
| Assam             |                |
| Bihar             |                |
| Chandigarh        | 5              |
| Chhattisgarh      | 9              |
| Delhi             | 68             |
| Goa               | 3              |
| Gujarat           | 43             |
| Haryana           | 24             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 4              |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 2              |
| Jharkhand         | 7              |
| Karnataka         | 115            |
| Kerala            | 29             |
| Ladakh            |                |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 13             |
| Maharashtra       | 137            |
| Manipur           | 1              |
| Odisha            | 12             |
| Punjab            | 7              |
| Rajasthan         | 29             |
| Tamil Nadu        | 64             |
| Telangana_        |                |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 60             |
| Uttarakhand       | 8              |
| West Bengal       | 23             |
| Corporate         | 746            |

| State             | Sum of Count   |
|-------------------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 11             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2              |
| Assam             | 4              |
| Bihar             |                |
| Delhi             |                |
| Gujarat           |                |
| Haryana           | 6              |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 2              |
| Jharkhand         | 5              |
| Karnataka         | 9              |
| Kerala            | 13             |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 13             |
| Maharashtra       | 23             |
| Manipur_          | 3              |
| Meghalaya         | 2              |
| Mizoram           | 1              |
| Nagaland          |                |
| Odisha            | 6              |
| Puducherry        |                |
| Punjab            | 4              |
| Rajasthan         | 18             |
| Sikkim            |                |
| Tamil Nadu        | 5              |
| Telangana _       | 6              |
| Tripura           | 1              |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 10             |
| Uttarakhand       | 32             |
| West Bengal       | 8              |
| Government        | 204            |

| State                       | Sum of Count   |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2              |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 518            |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                |
| Assam                       | 100            |
| Bihar                       | 253            |
| Chandigarh                  | 33             |
| Chhattisgarh                | 165            |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli _    | 4              |
| Daman and Diu               | 3              |

| Delhi             |   512 |
|-------------------|-------|
| Goa               |   120 |
| Gujarat           |  1400 |
| Haryana_          |   721 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |   132 |
| Jammu and Kashmir |    49 |
| Jharkhand         |   175 |
| Karnataka         |  1595 |
| Kerala            |  1472 |
| Ladakh            |     2 |
| Lakshadweep       |     1 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |   658 |
| Maharashtra       |  2564 |
| Manipur           |    69 |
| Meghalaya         |    20 |
| Mizoram           |     3 |
| Nagaland          |    19 |
| Odisha            |   278 |
| Puducherry_       |    40 |
| Punjab            |   364 |
| Rajasthan         |   855 |
| Sikkim            |    15 |
| Tamil Nadu        |  1033 |
| Telangana         |   496 |
| Tripura           |    17 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |  1137 |
| Uttarakhand       |   218 |
| West Bengal       |   467 |
| Individual        | 15519 |
| Grand Total       | 16503 |

Besides this, 34 Individual OAN have been issued to people applying from outside India.