No .. ban has not been lifted. But people do banned things anyway until one gets caught

DJI is doing more harm to the hobby than good

Lol, Agreed...
but this article caught my attention so I posted the link... Anyone knows anything about this?

Met Regional DDG of DGCA a week ago  , still they are finding very difficult to form rules on Drones (Even Aeromodels) , he said it will be very hard to get permit once they form a rule,believe me i have taken more than one hour to justify between drone and aeromodel for DGCA people ,  but still some people are flying around , as Ujjwal said its the DJI that causing more damage , i have seen many camera professionals using without knowing how they work , or even how they fly!!!

I can't understand the issue. Why are the finding it "difficult" to form rules? What's preventing them?

Hard to get permit ! That means they are planning to issue permits to fly drones and also declaring that red tape would be there as well ! Strange are the ways in this country.