DRONE REGISTRATION 

Unique identification number. – 

1. No person shall operate a drone which does not have a unique identification number, unless such drone is exempted under these rules. 

2. A person may generate the unique identification number of a drone by providing requisite details in Form D-2 on the digital sky platform. 

3. The unique identification number of a drone shall be linked to the unique serial number provided by the manufacturer and the unique serial numbers of its flight control module and ground control station. 

4. No person shall replace the flight control module or ground control station of a drone, whose serial number is linked to such drone’s unique identification number, without updating on the digital sky platform, the unique serial number of the new flight control module or ground control station, within a period of seven days from the date of such replacement. 

Registration of existing drones. – A person owning a drone manufactured in India or imported into India on or before 31 December 2021 shall generate its unique identification number by providing requisite details in Form D-2 on the digital sky platform: Provided that such drone has a valid Drone Acknowledgement Number (DAN) issued by the digital sky platform on or before the above-mentioned date and the type of drone conforms to a certificate of airworthiness issued by the Quality Council of India. 

 Transfer of drones. – 

1. A person may transfer a drone to another person by giving the requisite details of the transferor, transferee and unique identification number of the drone in Form D-3 on the digital sky platform. 

2. Such transfer shall be effected in the records and a transaction number shall be generated by the digital sky platform after electronic verification of the transferor, transferee and the unique identification number. 

Deregistration of drones. – 

1. A person owning a drone, on arriving at a reasonable conclusion that a drone registered in the person’s name is either permanently lost or permanently damaged, shall apply for the deregistration of such drone by submitting an application in Form D-3 on the digital sky platform. 

2. Such deregistration shall be effected in the records and a transaction number shall be generated by the digital sky platform.