Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Ministry in the Indian government

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (naagar vimaanan mantraalay) in India is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation. It devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport in the country. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The ministry also administers the implementation of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railway Safety.

Organisation

The ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments:

Directorates

• Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)^[2]

Regulatory bodies

• Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA)

Attached offices

• Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)^[2]
• Commission of Railway Safety^[3] - The commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by the 1989 Railways Act. The agency investigates rail accidents.^[3]
• Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)

Training institutions

• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA)^[2]

Statutory bodies

• Airports Authority of India^[2]

Central public sector undertakings

• Pawan Hans

Aircraft projects

• Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini
• Civil Aviation Department MG-1
• Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
• Civil Aviation Department Revathi
• Hindustan Ardhra

Cabinet ministers

Ministers of State

See also

• India portal
• Aviation portal

• Aviation in India
• DigiYatra

Notes

1. The matters pertaining to the Department of Civil Aviation were placed under the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1957 till 1963 and thereupon under the Ministry of Transport from 1963.
2. The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged with the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.
3. The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged into the Ministry of Transport as the Department of Civil Aviation.

References

1. "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
2. "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
3. "Commission of Railway Safety Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.

External links

• Official website