Anirudh Rastogi writes in the Huffington Post on the pull-down effects of stringent regulation on India's nascent drone industry.
Overnight in October of 2014, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s civil aviation regulator, banned all drones from the Indian airspace operated without “prior authorization”. The Indian drone entrepreneurs’ party was over until, as was stated by the DGCA in its circular, further guidelines were framed by the DGCA.