ITE&C DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF TELANGANA
PREAMBLE
The world is moving in to The Fourth industrial Revolution, the digital revolution, and for India it brings tremendous opportunities to leapfrog many stages of development. The Telangana State is poised to leverage the emerging technologies not just to leap frog but to pole vault to a new era of transformation by framing new policies to enable the ecosystems for these technologies to flourish.
While technologies such as AI, blockchain and cloud are being adopted by the State, realizing the potential of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are democratizing the sky and enabling new participants in aviation. Drones are evolving beyond their military origin and moved to the consumer market and currently being used in commercial and civil government applications that span sectors and industries ranging from construction, agriculture, healthcare, police, insurance, to journalism and cinematography.
The global market for drones is projected to be $100 billion by 20201 and the fastest growth opportunity would be from Government and business spends amounting to about $13 billion. The usage of drone and its technology is spread out across sectors and industries ranging from construction, agriculture, healthcare, police, insurance, to journalism and cinematography. The Indian UAV market is expected to reach nearly 4% of the global market. With 22.5% of the world’s UAV imports, India tops the list of drone-importing countries.2
Further, with the Director General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issuing the regulations, India has the opportunity to become a global leader in drones and Telangana, the youngest State in India, is looking at tapping this opportunity by bringing in a policy that enables the drone industry to grow and improve service delivery to the citizens demonstrating the use of technology for societal benefit.
VISION
The Government of Telangana understands the potential of drone industry and realizes that the government will have to play the role of catalyst in developing the ecosystem that will enable the drone companies to flourish in the state. The state envisions to create:
A vibrant drone ecosystem accelerating the economic growth in the State of Telangana.
A drone ecosystem built on the strong foundations of an encouraging policy, robust infrastructure, research & development, and market access would enable and encourage the use of drones, which in turn leads to creation of employment opportunities and economic prosperity in the State of Telangana.
KEY PILLARS
The goal of this policy is to strike a balance between drone usage and regulations that ultimately result in the increase of economic activity due to usage of drones. The policy strives to achieve this goal by providing an environment that encourages and supports the usage of drones for greater public good and providing necessary resources for increasing the talent pool to address the various roles arising out of drone usage, from assembling of the drones to processing of the data acquired. The presence of a drone friendly policy and environment, supported by a pool of technical resources, is believed will lead to the establishment of drone manufacturing companies. This policy is the first step towards that endeavor and is based around three key pillars:
Infrasstructure; Talent Pool, Incentives
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Government Drone Institute: While there are a wide range of potential applications, the focus areas for the government are agriculture, energy, municipal administration, mining, irrigation and public safety. The Government shall set up a Drone Management Office or a Drone Institute that will help government departments in procuring services from drone service providers in the following ways:
● Empanel vendors so that each department will not have to go through the RFP process
● Identify use cases or services relevant to the departments
● Enter in to framework agreements with vendors on prices, SLAs
● Undertake capacity building programs for government officials
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