New Delhi: Giving a big boost to the aviation sector, the Government has cleared wide ranging policy aimed at creating international and regional aviation hubs in the country.
It has also approved the constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Committee under the leadership of Secretary, Civil Aviation, for suggesting various measures to overcome the bottlenecks in the development of aviation hubs at various airports In India.
The new policy, approved by the Union Cabinet at its meeting on Thursday night, comes with the focus on tackling the increased air traffic in the coming years. The Inter-Ministerial Committee has been set up, as the creation of aviation hub in cities requires establishment of facilities like immigration, customs, provisions for visa-on-arrival and foreign exchange involving various Ministries.
Civil Aviation Minister, Ajit Singh said the six metros with state-of-the-art airports that have been modernised and expanded include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. However, the government came across a number of bottlenecks that needed immediate attention and rectification.
10/05/13 Sujay Mehdudia/The Hindu
