PMO outlines action plan for aviation min

New Delhi: India's beleaguered civil aviation sector will now be monitored directly by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Sources said in a recent communication to the aviation ministry, the PMO has listed 12 important agenda points for Vayalar Ravi's ministry. Each comes with a timeline and a progress update plan, which must be filed by the fifth of every month. The monitoring is unusual as the PMO usually intervenes only on inter-ministerial issues and where the problem is too complex for the ministry concerned.
The agenda gives top billing to measures with a macro impact on the sector. These include framing a policy for fixing airport tariffs, putting in place regulations on airline tariffs, examining the aviation turbine fuel tax regime and finalising the turnaround plan for Air India.
The development comes within a week of the country's airline bosses meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to present their grievances. The airline chiefs had urged the PM to consider concessions in jet fuel — which accounts for 40% of input costs — and lower airport charges.
06/12/11 Nirbhay Kumar/Financial Express

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2011