Ease of Doing Business™️ Program, (an EoDB Services OPC Pvt Ltd initiative) is an independent Indian entity of ‘Policy Entrepreneurship’ and an emerging Tech Piloting Agency that has recently completed one decade of conducting Technical and Commercial Pilots for emerging technologies and inviting partnerships from Technology, Product and Services (TPS) providers in drone & associated segments to conduct a commercial pilot for drone-based solutions to scale drones commercially and set mega trends of mass level adoption.
Need Assessment for the Drone Pilot done in April 2023-2024
The pilot was announced in April 2023 with intent and interest received from various Government and Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) stakeholders and went into a silent need assessment and internal validation of intent with open source aggregation & on-ground assessment of existing policies, PLI schemes, financial offerings, subsidies available, etc.
background
EODB Services, as an emerging tech-piloting agency; is committed to discovering every emerging tech megatrend going towards sustainability and decarbonisation. The majority of work done today in various sectors and micro-economies is fuelled and powered by fossil fuels. EODB is conducting an intensive audit across 30 designated economic sectors of the Indian economy to identify which all mobility, logistics, delivery, movement, and reach-out can be offloaded to drones powered by renewable batteries and sources to finally eliminate entire fossil fuel emissions currently associated with such daily activities. Here are some focus sectors currently under audit: Artificial Intelligence(Al), Internet of Things(loT), Blockchain, Electric Mobility, Health-Tech, Drones, Cloud Computing, Robotics, Automation, and Machine Learning.
The primary objective of this drone pilot project is to demonstrate the practical applications and use cases of drone technology across diverse fields. By conducting real-world operations and gathering empirical data, we aim to showcase the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and safety enhancements offered by drones compared to traditional methods.
- Rule book for standards, certification & categorisation to regulate.
- Financing, Leasing, Insurance and Export-Import related enablers.
- Commercial Equivalence, Procurement and Model RFP for State adoptions.
- Institutional, Corporate & Individual Users’ adoption exhibit & use case Pilots.
The project will encompass several phases, including but not limited to: Needs Assessment: Identifying key industry sectors and specific use cases where drone technology can offer significant advantages. Propose Pilot States are Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Sikkim & Maharashtra.
Proposed Pilot States | 16 States |
Solution Categories | 4 |
Use Cases | 16 |
Applications to be Accepted | Minimum - 64 Maximum - 200 |
To Be Shortlist | 8*16=128 |
Final Use Case | 4*4=16 |
Pilots | 16*16=256 |
Ministries | 16 |
A narrowest scope of work shall be disclosed in the beginning due to defence-related confidentiality and broader participation. This gives ample opportunity to applicants and participants to offer, propose & share limitless advanced and varied solutions serving broad requirements of the sector without narrow specifications from the piloting agency before they enter into Technical & Commercial Prototyping.
Piloting Phases
0 | Conceptualization | Conceptualization and Intent Content |
1 | Need Assessment | Validation of Intent |
2 | Choosing Partners | for Technology, Product & Services |
3 | Prototyping Proof of Concept | Technical and Commercial Walkthrough |
4 | Financing Piloting and Regulating Tech | to scale across States and Economies |
Companies related to Drone Manufacturing, Software, Services, Delivery, Infrastructure, Hardware Components, Security and Counter, Data Analytics, Education and Training, Regulations and Compliance, Software Solutions, Charging Stations and Power Management Systems
PSUs of Mining, PSUs of Aviation, PSUs of Defence, PSUs of Agriculture, Regulatory Bodies, Certification Bodies, Incubators, Policy domain organization, State Development Authority
Current banking partners of PSUs, private investors (domestic), foreign direct investment (FDI) companies and NBFCs
Complete Drone Systems, Drone Components and Parts, Motors, Propellers, Frames or Airframes, Electronic Speed Controllers (ESCs), Batteries, Flight Controllers, GPS Modules, Cameras, Gimbals, Antennas, Payloads and Accessories, Cameras (RGB, Thermal, Multispectral), LiDAR Sensors, Gas Sensors, Radiation Detectors, Gimbal Stabilizers, Landing Gear, Carrying Cases, Spare Parts, Ground Control Stations (GCS), Batteries, Drone Ports, Charging Pads, and Landing Platforms
Contributing to Technologies for drone
Drone, aviation and geospatial-related tech magazines, portals, media companies, Research & Development companies, Blog developers, News channels, Sustainable and green energy channel partners, and Climate and environment outreach organizations.
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Important Guidelines:-
In case, if the application form and fees are not submitted post acceptance of the company profile in applied category within the deadline mentioned in the service invoice, it shall be considered as a declined application and applicant will have to apply again to be re-considered.