Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation have granted conditional exemption to the Indian Council of Medical Research for conducting feasibility study of&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccine delivery using drones in collaboration with IIT Kanpur. The permission exemption is valid for a period of one year or until further orders. Conditional drone use exemption has been granted to some entities for the purposes for a period of one year or until further orders.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”The entities are Nagar Nigam of Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Rudrapur for preparation of GIS based property database and electronic tax register and West Central Railway Kota and Katni for train accident site and maintaining safety and security of the railway assets for a period of one year from the date of issue of the letter.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”In addition to these, Vedanta Limited Cairn Oil and Gas also received the conditional drone usage exemption for data acquisition for asset inspecting and mapping till 8th April 2022.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry of Civil Aviation said, these exemptions will be valid only if all conditions and limitations for the entities are strictly adhered to. In case of violation of any condition, the exemption shall become null and void and action may be initiated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The links of the public notice of the drone usage permission grant to the aforementioned entities can be accessed from the Ministry of Civil Aviation website.</span><br />