
                                                                                                                            <p>India continues to&nbsp;address&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;COVID 19&nbsp;crisis&nbsp;and&nbsp;at the same time needs to be vigilant for security reasons and well prepared for exigencies including natural&nbsp;disasters&nbsp;(earthquakes,&nbsp;tsunamis,&nbsp;forest-fire,&nbsp;floods). Drones or the UAVs have the ability to play a key role in combating&nbsp;these&nbsp;by&nbsp;providing services such as disinfecting contaminated areas, managing crowds and delivering medical supplies at no-time at remote&nbsp;and&nbsp;difficult to reach&nbsp;destinations, owing to&nbsp;geographical conditions.&nbsp;They&nbsp;empower response teams to map areas and conduct risk and damage assessment promptly,&nbsp;locate&nbsp;victims in real-time, enable&nbsp;faster and safer search and rescue operations&nbsp;thereby&nbsp;minimizing&nbsp;loss of lives.</p>
                                                                         <p>The Government of India has notified Draft UAS/ Drone Rules 2021 and has requested industry inputs on various provisions there in.&nbsp;The Associated Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is&nbsp;pleased to&nbsp;organise a virtual panel deliberation&nbsp;on captioned subject&nbsp;on&nbsp;<strong>Friday 30<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;July, 2021</strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>12:00 to 01:30 pm</strong>.&nbsp;Where&nbsp;representatives from the Government, Government Agencies, Industry&nbsp;associated with&nbsp;UAV/Drone Manufacturing companies and the Startups&nbsp;will deliberate&nbsp;on various related issues. The Industry inputs will be submitted to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt of India.</p>
<p><strong><u>Topics for Discussions:</u></strong></p>    <ul>
                                                                                                                            <li>Draft UAS Rules 2021: Gaps, Challenges &amp; Solutions</li>
                                                                                                                            <li>Role of UAVs in Civil and Commercial operations</li>
                                                                                                                            <li>Registration, ownership, export, import, manufacture, leasing, operating and maintaining of unmanned aircraft systems as per draft rule 2021.&nbsp;</li>
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