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Type Certificate (TC) Under Drone Rules, 2021

Type Certificate (TC) Under Drone Rules, 2021:

Union Minister of Civil Aviation awarded the first Type Certificate (TC) under Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Pvt Ltd.

  • The Gurugram based company was established in April 2017 and is one of India’s leading manufacturers of kisan drones.
  • IoTech has received the Type Certificate in barely 34 days after submission of its online application on the DGCA’s DigitalSky Platform on 11 May 2022.
  • This is despite the fact that the Drone Rules, 2021, allow 60 days to Quality Council of India (QCI) or the Certification Bodies (CB) and 15 days to DGCA for issuing the Type Certificate (i.e 75 days in total).
  • The Drone Rules, 2021 were notified on 25 Aug 2021 and the ‘Certification Scheme for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CSUAS)’ for obtaining Type Certificate (TC) for drones was notified on 26 Jan 2022.
  • The drone certification scheme of January 2022 was developed by the Quality Council of India (QCI).