Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation, India is responsible for the regulation of civil aviation in India.

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[edit] Introduction

The Ministry of Civil Aviation is the nodal Ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for development and regulation of Civil Aviation and for devising and implementing schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The Ministry also administers implementation of the Aircraft Act, 1934 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety, a statutory body set up under The Indian Railways Act.

[edit] Composition of the Ministry

The ministry is under the charge of a Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Praful Patel is the present incumbent. The Secretary is the head of the Ministry and is assisted by one Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, three Joint Secretaries, seven officers of the level of Director / Deputy Secretary / Financial Controller and ten officers of the level of Under Secretary. It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.

[edit] Structure

The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:

[edit] Autonomous/Attached Organizations

  • Directorate General of Civil Aviation
  • Bureau of Civil Aviation Security BCAS
  • Commission of Railway Safety
  • Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi

[edit] Air Carriers

[edit] Airports

[edit] References

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