Parliamentary panel against giving more teeth to DGCA

New Delhi: The government's push to give more powers to the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been shot down by a Parliamentary committee, which said it would result in "overlapping" of powers and compound "confusion".
"The Bill, if enacted, will result in overlapping of powers of both governmental organisations (DGCA and Airports Authority of India)... without amending or repealing the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994, the government simply cannot confer the same powers to another body through a different Act," the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture observed in its report.
It said the Bill is a piecemeal effort of the government as lot of ambiguities existed regarding the role of AAI, its powers and functions. "The government should become more futuristic while bringing any new legislation," the Committee observed.
13/03/07 PTI/Economic Times

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