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Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permission of “No-Permission-No-Takeoff' (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 166 additional green zones to facilitate, smoothen, and promote drone operations in the country.

Highlights

• The approved sites allow drone usage up to 400 ft Above Ground Level (AGL).
  
• These zones are in addition to the Sixty-Six green zone sites approved earlier.
  
• As per DGCA, under “NPNT or ‘No Permission – No Take-off’ compliance, every Remotely Piloted Aircraft (except Nano) has to obtain valid permission through the Digital Sky platform before operating in India.
• The framework mandates users to register on the online portal that acts as the national unmanned traffic management system for remotely piloted aircraft.
• Flying in these approved ‘green-zones’ will require only intimation of the time and location of the flights via the Digital Sky portal or the app.

NPNT Compliance

NPNT or ‘No Permission – No Take-off” is a software program that enables every RPA (except Nano) to obtain valid permissions through digital sky platform before operating in India.

Source: PIB