India’s drone industry may be gearing up for a major take-off, but several red flags remain. For scaling up commercial operations, drone startups say while a key challenge is the presence of a large number of red zones, another is a lack of certification such as for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for mass deployment. Until such issues are addressed, they say, large-scale deployments for logistics, ecommerce and other sectors will remain limited.
Under the Drone Rules 2021, Indian airspace is divided into three zones. While green zones cover the…