Absolutely!!! I second every word of Gaurav.

Fly Responsibly and Fly Safe.

Yesterday DGCA sent me a copy of a letter which they have written to MHA. Along with their letter they enclosed my whole letter written to them and their previous reply to me.

Earlier, MHA forwarded to DGCA the letter which I had written to them. That letter only covered the security related proposals.

It appears that things have fallen into a bureaucratic infinite loop.

If it sounds confusing, I had written different letters to MHA and DGCA (through PMO). MHA had earlier sent their copy to DGCA for "necessary action" and now DGCA has sent their copy to MHA.

So who is taking the decision? or is everybody trying to push the ball to the others' court? So far it was DGCA which was taking the decisions. But now it seems that MHA and IAF have a greater say in the matter because of "security concerns". Now what will MHA do with the letter  

In the meantime there is no news on the rules.Apparently "security concerns" expressed by both MHA and IAF has complicated the matter and delayed the formulation of the new rules. In the meantime, the issue of (non-requirement of) licensing and registration in the USA mentioned in my letter has become irrelevant as FAA now proposes to register drones with US Transport Department. Such things will continue changing. DGCA cannot keep waiting infinitely for USA to finalize policies.

India has not changed. While other countries have formulated their own laws on UAVs according to their own requirements, India keeps writing letters and waiting for others to take decisions. The system never changes in India.   

Insane!!! How we are falling in the trap......

What I feel is that DGCA initially started with a positive attitude. But negative opinion from MHA and IAF forced them to take a hardline approach in this matter. And the worst thing that happened (apart from a spate of drone related incidents in India) was the US decision to register all drones. There is no way that DGCA will now think about allowing drones and other UAVs  without registration. Even the self-registration system that we proposed pro-actively will no longer be acceptable to them in the light of the recent developments.

Their is one way to it
That I found better then the rest
We need to go to the court
I know what replies I am going to get but its like fight for your rights ,if not today tomorrow someone will have to ...