Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)
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 Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan | |
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 Republic of India |
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Ministry of Civil Aviation Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan New Delhi |
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| Website | civilaviation.gov.in |
The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of India is the nodal Ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for development and regulation of Civil Aviation and for devising and implementing schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The Ministry also administers implementation of the 1934 Aircraft Act and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety.
Composition of the Ministry
The ministry is under the charge of Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju, assisted by minister of state Dr. Mahesh Sharma.[1] The Secretary is the head of the Ministry and is assisted by one Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, three Joint Secretaries, seven officers of the level of Director / Deputy Secretary / Financial Controller and ten officers of the level of Under Secretary. It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.[2]
Structure
The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:
Directorates
Attached Offices
- Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)[3]
- Commission of Railway Safety[4]
- The commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by the 1989 Railways Act. The agency investigates rail accidents.[4]
- Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)
Autonomous Bodies
PSUs and Joint Ventures
- Airports Authority of India[3]
- Air India[3]
- Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd.[3]
Aircraft projects
- Civil Air Department RG-1 Rohini
- Civil Aviation Department MG-1
- Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
- Civil Aviation Department Revathi
- Hindustan Ardhra
Ministers of Civil Aviation
See also
References
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/MocaEx/faces/orgsetup.jspx
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Commission of Railway Safety." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.
- ↑ Fifth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAJ BAHADUR, SHRI
- ↑ "". External link in
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- ↑ 8th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KHAN, SHRI KHURSHED ALAM
- 1 2 3 Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- ↑ Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Tytler,Shri Jagdish
- ↑ Tytler was Minister of State (Independent Charge) till July 1987
- ↑ "". External link in
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- ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Patil,Shri Shivraj V.
- ↑ Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha : KHAN, SHRI ARIF MOHAMMED
- ↑ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioproile : DHAWAN, SHRI HARMOHAN
- ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Scindia,Shri Madhavrao
- ↑ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dhananjaya Kumar,Shri Venur
- ↑ "". External link in
|title=(help); (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: I) - ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Ananth Kumar,Shri
- ↑ Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Yadav, Shri Sharad
- ↑ Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Hussain,Shri Syed Shahnawaz
- ↑ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Rudy,Shri Rajiv Pratap