Government bans import of foreign drones with immediate effect to promote domestic manufacturing

Posted on: February 10,2022

The government on Wednesday banned the import of foreign drones with immediate effect as a part of its efforts to promote domestic manufacturing. Imports of drones for research & development (R&D), defence and security purposes have been exempted from the ban but will require due clearances. Import of drone components, however, shall not require any approvals, the government said reported indianexpress.com