Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Drone Schools
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha

## STARRED QUESTION NO. : 415 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31st March 2022 )

## DRONE SCHOOLS

415. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has approved Remote Pilot   Training organisation or drone schools across the country and proposes for
- more such organisations in near future;
- (b) if S0, the details thereof along with the criteria fixed for their
- approval;
- (c) whether the Government has invited applications from drone industry for Production Linked Incentive;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details the applications received and those found fit for
- incentive so far; and
- f) the details of investments the Government proposes in this sector and employment opportunities likely to
- be generated therefrom in the country?

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Jyotiraditya M&#46;

Scindia)

(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question no 415 due for answer on 31 March 2022.j; ; (a) and (b) Approval for establishing a Remote Pilot Training Organisation (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 Civil Aviation in Form D5 on the Digital Sky Platform, along with the specified fees: As on 22nd March 2022, 18 Remote Pilot Training Organisation have been set up by entities under Government or private ownership: The State-wise list of RPTOs is at Annexure-; 5 (c) to (e) The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and drone components has been notified on 30th September 2021 to promote the manufacturing of drones and drone components in India: On 1Oth March 2022, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the application form for the PLI scheme for drones and drone componentsAs on 22nd March 2022, one application has been received for the PLI scheme for drones and drone componentsLast date for submission of application forms is 31st March 2022. ; ; (f) The Drone Rules, 2021, PLI scheme and the drone import policy may help to foster the domestic drones and drone components manufacturing industry with an investment of over INR 5,000 crore over the next three years: The annual sales turnover of the drone manufacturing industry may grow from INR 60 crore in 2020-21 to over INR 900 crore in FY 2023-24. The drone manufacturing industry is expected to generate over 10,000 jobs over the next three yearsAny of

Annexure Statement in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 415 for answer on 31sMarch; 2022

| S No   | State            | Location     | Name of the approved training organisation      |
|--------|------------------|--------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Gujarat          | Ahmedabad    | SanskardhamCampus                               |
| 2      | Haryana          | Gurugram     | Drone Destination Pvt. Ltd.                     |
| 3      | Haryana          | Bahadurgarh  | Ganpati Aviation Solutions LLP                  |
| 4      | Haryana          | Gurugram     | Government Aviation Training Institute          |
| 5      | Haryana          | Gurugram     | Indira Gandhi RashtriyaUranAkademi              |
|        | Himachal Pradesh | Shahpur      | Indira Gandhi RashtriyaUranAkademi              |
|        | Jharkhand        | Jamshedpur   | Alchemist Aviation Pvt: Ltd.                    |
| 8      | Karnataka        | Bengaluru    | Indira Gandhi RashtriyaUranAkademi              |
| 9      | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior      | Indira Gandhi RashtriyaUranAkademi, MTS Gwalior |
|        | Maharashtra      | Pune         | DroneAcharya Aerial Innovation Pvt: Ltd.        |
| 11     | Maharashtra      | Pune         | PBCs Aero Hub                                   |
| 12     | Maharashtra      | Baramati     | Redbird Flight Training Academy Pvt: Ltd:       |
| 13     | Maharashtra      | Mumbai       | The Bombay Flying Club                          |
| 14     | Telangana        | Secunderabad | FlytechAviation Academy                         |
| 15     | Telangana        | Hyderabad    | Telangana State Aviation Academy                |
| 16     | Tamil Nadu       | Chennai      | CASR Anna University                            |
| 17     | Uttar Pradesh    | Aligarh      | Ambitions Flying Club Pvt. Ltd.                 |
| 18     | Uttar Pradesh    | Aligarh      | Pioneer Flying Academy Pvt: Ltd.                |