Steps to strengthen the Directorate General of Civil Aviation

New Delhi: With air traffic in India on the rise again after a year of lull, the government has initiated a series of measures to strengthen the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and give it more teeth.
While there has been a long-pending demand for segregation of DGCA's supervisory and regulatory roles, the unprecedented growth in air traffic for the past six years has made the government to give high priority to strengthening its regulatory mechanism, official sources said here today.
As per official figures, aircraft movements have risen from 7,17,597 in 2004-05 to 13,06,532 in 2008-09 and total passenger traffic from 37 million to 69 million.
Asked whether there was any move to bifurcate DGCA, they said there was "no such proposal or thinking at present. But we have already initiated steps to strengthen all aspects of DGCA and its activities".
At a meeting last week, DGCA got feedback from stakeholders on a proposal to create a Civil Aviation Authority.
10/02/10 Zee News

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Feb 2010