Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Ministry of Civil Aviation


Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
Agency overview
Jurisdiction IndiaRepublic of India
Headquarters Ministry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
New Delhi
Ministers responsible
Website civilaviation.gov.in

The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of India 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 1934 Aircraft Act and is administratively is responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety.

Composition of the Ministry

The ministry is under the charge of Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju, assisted by minister of state Dr. Mahesh Sharma.[1] 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.[2]

Structure

The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:

Directorates

Attached Offices

Autonomous Bodies

PSUs and Joint Ventures

Aircraft projects

Ministers of Civil Aviation

Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance)		 Prime Minister
Raj Bahadur[5] August 1963 January 1966 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzarilal Nanda
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Karan Singh[6] 1967 1973 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
Purushottam Kaushik[7] 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai
Khurshed Alam Khan[8][9] February 1983 December 1984 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
Jagdish Tytler[10][11] October 1986 February 1988 Indian National Congress Rajiv Gandhi
Motilal Vora[12] 14 February 1988[13] 25 June 1988
Shivraj Patil[14] 25 June 1988 1989
Arif Mohammed Khan[15] 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal V. P. Singh
Harmohan Dhawan[16][9] 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
Madhavrao Scindia[17] 1991 1993 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ghulam Nabi Azad January 1993 16 May 1996
V. Dhananjaya Kumar[18] 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. M. Ibrahim[19] 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Ananth Kumar[20] 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance		 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sharad Yadav[21] 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 Janata Dal
National Democratic Alliance
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain[22] 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance
Rajiv Pratap Rudy[23][9] 24 May 2003 23 May 2004
Praful Patel 23 May 2004 18 January 2011 Nationalist Congress Party
United Progressive Alliance		 Manmohan Singh
Vayalar Ravi 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 Indian National Congress
United Progressive Alliance
Ajit Singh 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 Rashtriya Lok Dal
United Progressive Alliance
Ashok Gajapathi Raju 26 May 2014 Incumbent Telugu Desam Party
National Democratic Alliance		 Narendra Modi

See also

References

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