New Delhi: Air taxi that will cross the airspace instead of the road will be very possible in the coming days under the drone rules announced on Thursday, civilian minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
“Air taxis are being studied and found globally and many startups appear,” Minister said during the press conference here.
“At that time not far when a taxi, as uber etc.
that you see on the road, you will see in the air under the drone policy.
I believe this is very possible,” he added.
The minister said that the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Home Affairs and BCA (Civil Aviation Security Bureau) had worked together so that “Drone Counter Rogue technology” can be developed and adopted quickly.
In the notification on August 25, the Ministry of Civil Aviation relieves the rules on drone operations in the country by reducing the number of forms that need to be filled in to operate it from 25 to 5 and reduce the types of costs charged from operators from operators 72 to 4.