Lok Sabha Question No. 2532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Drone Operations
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav, B. Y. Raghavendra, Prathap Simha, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, L.S. Tejasvi Surya

2532.

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2532 (To be answered on the March 2022) 17th

## DRONE OPERATIONS

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV SHRI BY RAGHAVENDRA SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA SHRI LS. TEJASVI SURYA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has prescribed courses to build more drone pilots, drone operations and drone as 4 skill in the country and if sO, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes for granting affiliation or recognising short-term and long-term courses on the operation of drones for commercial and defence usage and if sO, the details thereof;
- skill centres running the above courses, number of registrations per course and number of persons graduating from the courses, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide any financial assistance or any other assistance in the way 0f promoting drone courses for those enrolling and for those teaching the same and if so, the details thereof and the amount of assistance provided?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(RPTO) is granted as per Rule 39 of The Drone Rules, 2021, person who intends to obtain the authorisation to establish a RPTO shall submit an application to the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the online DigitalSky Platform: The Director General may, within sixty days of the date of receipt of application issue the Any

authorisation to establish a RPTO if the applicant meets the specified requirements:

DGCA has specified a five-day course for grant of Remote Pilot Certificate by a DGCA-authorised RPTO. The course comprises ground classes and practical training:

As on 10 March 2022, there are 16 RPTOs authorised by DGCA. The Statewise list of these RPTOs is at Annexure. No remote pilot certificate under

As on date, there is no scheme under Government of India for providing financial assistance for drone training:

Annexure Statement in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2532 for answer on 17th March; 2022

| S No   | State            | Name of the approved training organisation         |
|--------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|        | Gujarat          | Sanskardham Campus                                 |
| 2      | Haryana          | Drone Destination Pvt. Ltd.                        |
| 3      | Haryana          | Ganpati Aviation Solutions                         |
|        | Haryana          | Government Aviation Training Institute             |
| 5      | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi               |
| 6      | Jharkhand        | Alchemist Aviation Pvt. Ltd.                       |
| 7      | Karnataka        | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi               |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh   | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, MITS Gwalior |
| 9      | Maharashtra      | Redbird Flight Training Academy Pvt: Ltd.          |
| 10     | Maharashtra      | The Bombay Flying Club                             |
| 11     | Telangana        | Flytech Aviation Academy                           |
| 12     | Telangana        | Telangana State Aviation Academy                   |
| 13     | Tamil Nadu       | CASR Anna University                               |
| 14     |                  | Ambitions Flying Club Pvt: Ltd.                    |
| 15     | Uttar Pradesh    | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi               |
| 16     | Uttar Pradesh    | Pioneer Flying Academy Pvt: Ltd.                   |