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Centre unveils civil drone bill, says make DGCA regulator

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September 17, 2025

THE Civil Aviation Ministry's new draft of the Civil Drones Bill, released on Tuesday, has introduced imprisonment terms ranging from three months to three years for violating numerous rules pertaining to drones.

- S LALITHA @ New Delhi

It also gives the power of confiscation of the devices by authorised individuals. The new bill aims to promote and regulate the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the country.

Termed the Civil Drone (Promotion and Regulation Bill) 2025, it exempts the UAS of the naval, military, air force or any of the armed forces of the Centre or the UAS weighing above 500 kilograms.

Notified by the government on August 26, 2021, the liberalised Drone Rules, aimed at boosting the drone industry will now become stricter. They were introduced to replace the draconian rules notified in March 2021.

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