The Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted permit to "No-Permission-No-Takeoff' (NPNT) compliant drone operations at 34 additional green zones to facilitate, smoothen, and promote drone operations in the country. The approved sites allow drone usage up to 400 ft Above Ground Level (AGL). These zones are in addition to the 26 green zone sites approved dated 02 Feb 2021 and six green zone sites approved dated 03 Apr 2020.
According to the DGCA, before any flight operation, one needs to get three registrations under the Digital Sky portal, which is run by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). These are the Unique Identification Number (UIN) for the drone, Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UAOP) for the pilot, and the Online Permission Artefacts (OPA) in which the pilot mentions the location and purpose of flight operations.