Fees for drone pilot coaching course will lower throughout the subsequent 3-4 months because the variety of faculties offering this course are going to extend, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stated on Tuesday. A farmer — throughout a digital interplay with Scindia on drones — raised the problem of excessive charges for a drone pilot coaching course.
Scindia stated, “You said the fees of a drone pilot course is currently quite high. You should not worry at all.” In the final 5 months, aviation regulator DGCA has licensed 23 faculties for coaching drone pilots, he added.”As the variety of faculties maintain growing, the price of coaching drone pilots will maintain lowering,” he stated.
The minister gave the instance of cell phone’s value and the way it has decreased progressively over time in India.”Therefore, because the variety of faculties enhance, the price of coaching drone pilots can even lower. Within the following 3-4 months, you will notice that revolution too as we maintain growing the variety of such faculties,” the minister said.
Scindia stated the nation undoubtedly wants extra drone pilots and it is for that reason that their certification course of has been fully decentralised.”So, now, the DGCA will solely certify drone faculties, and it’s the drone college involved which can grant certificates to pilots. We have fully eliminated forms from this course of,” he famous.
The Civil Aviation Ministry had earlier this month invited second spherical of purposes for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme that was introduced final yr to spice up drone manufacturing in India.The first spherical of purposes for this scheme have been invited on March 10 and its outcomes have been introduced on April 20, whereby Adani Group’s three way partnership firm with Israeli agency Elbit, IdeaForge Technology, and 12 different drone firms have been chosen as beneficiaries.
The ministry had on September 16, 2021, introduced the PLI scheme for drones and drone elements with an allocation of Rs 120 crore unfold over three monetary years.Under the PLI scheme, the inducement for a producer of drones and drone elements will probably be 20 p.c of the “value addition” made by the corporate in the course of the subsequent three years.
The worth addition is calculated because the annual gross sales income from drones and drone elements (web of GST) minus the acquisition value (web of GST) of drone and drone elements.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”