Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on June 7 that the Indian air sports market has the potential to grow into a sector worth Rs. 1,000 crores in the future if the government supports the growth of this segment.

At the launch of National Air Sports Policy 2022 (NASP), India's first such mechanism, Scindia said the country's air sports market has so far generated revenue of nearly Rs 80 crore to Rs 100 crore.

He added that the government would also consider issuing an incentive program for production to strengthen the production of aviation sports equipment, so that India would become one of the leading countries in the field of aviation sports by 2030.

“We will have to ensure safety. Every national sports association will have to register with the ATC. We are also coming up with a segregated air space for air sports much like drones,” he said.

As part of the new National Air Sports Policy 2022, the government has formed the Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI), which will have a four-tier structure. ASFI shall be an autonomous body under the civil aviation ministry.

Each association under the federation can represent more than one sport and press and secretary of each association will be represented as full members with voting rights in ASFI.

The policy aims to provide a safe, affordable, accessible, enjoyable and sustainable air sports ecosystem in India.

Under the policy, air sports like aerobatics, aeromodelling and model rocketry, amateur-built and experimental aircraft, ballooning, drones, gliding and powered gliding, hang gliding and powered hang gliding, parachuting, paragliding and paramotoring, powered aircraft and rotorcraft (including autogyro) will be governed.

The government will also change the games covered by the NASP from time to time to increase the number of air sports covered by this policy.

Under NASP, air sports activities will be conducted in coordination with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) authority responsible for providing air traffic services in individual airspace, as there may be conflicts with other people and non-human aircraft.