New Delhi: There is a new thinking on airport security in the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA), which views it as a sovereign function and believe that air passengers should not be charged for it.
Today, a large part of the Rs 147 per ticket a flyer pays as passenger service fee (PSF) consists of cost incurred by airports for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployment. This is not the case for bus or train travels. In these mode of travels, the security cost is borne by the state.
A senior MoCA official said his ministry will take up the matter with the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and ask it to look at rationalisation of CISF costs at the 59 airports they are deployed at.
"We are telling them (MHA) to reduce cost of operation of CISF. We are also looking at whether security (at the airport) is a sovereign function. Why should the passengers pay for it? Why we cannot ask for it (rationalisation of CISF cost) is because of the perception that it is rich people who fly and so they can afford to pay for it," he said.
27/03/15 Praveena Sharma/Daily News & Analysis
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Today, a large part of the Rs 147 per ticket a flyer pays as passenger service fee (PSF) consists of cost incurred by airports for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployment. This is not the case for bus or train travels. In these mode of travels, the security cost is borne by the state.
A senior MoCA official said his ministry will take up the matter with the ministry of home affairs (MHA) and ask it to look at rationalisation of CISF costs at the 59 airports they are deployed at.
"We are telling them (MHA) to reduce cost of operation of CISF. We are also looking at whether security (at the airport) is a sovereign function. Why should the passengers pay for it? Why we cannot ask for it (rationalisation of CISF cost) is because of the perception that it is rich people who fly and so they can afford to pay for it," he said.
27/03/15 Praveena Sharma/Daily News & Analysis
