<span style="color: #222222;">Civil Aviation Ministry and DGCA have launched the GARUD (Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones) portal  for providing fast track conditional exemptions to government agencies for COVID-19 related drone operations.<br />'' <br />'' The step has been taken to aid government entities in addressing the challenges posed by COVID-19 and will remain in force until further orders.<br />'' <br />''<br />''In a tweet, Civil Aviation Ministry said, any violation of provisions  will make the conditional exemption null and void and will lead to penal action.</span>