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DGCA mulls remote pilot licence for operating drones

Aviation watchdog will come out with draft norms next week for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) plans to introduce remote pilot licence for operating drones and will come out with draft norms next week for the use of such unmanned aerial vehicles, a senior official said on Thursday.

While commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles is not permitted in the country, there have been instances of drone-like objects being sighted near aerodromes.

Operations were suspended twice last Sunday at the Delhi international airport after pilots spotted drone-like objects at the time of landing.

A senior official from the DGCA said the regulator would come out with draft norms for regulating the