The Ministry of Civil Aviation () in India is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation. It devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport in the country. The mandate of this ministry also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The ministry also administers the implementation of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railway Safety.
Controversies In 2015, two Air India flights were delayed to accommodate VIP travelers, including Minister of State Kiren Rijiju and an aide of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with passengers allegedly offloaded to make room. The Prime Minister's Office sought a report, and the Civil Aviation Minister publicly apologized.
According to Deccan Herald, in 2015 the ministry wrote to the DGCA, BCAS, Air India, AAI, and Pawan Hans seeking details of employees who had allegedly secured jobs for relatives in violation of service rules, warning that violators would face action.
Organisation The ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments:
Statutory bodies
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)"Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) Airports Authority of India (AAI)
Attached offices Commission of Railway Safety"Commission of Railway Safety ." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012. - The commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by the 1989 Railways Act. The agency investigates rail accidents.
Training institutions Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) National Aviation University (NAU)
Central Public Sector Undertakings Pawan Hans AI Assets Holding Limited Hotel Corporation of India Limited, a subsidiary of AI Assets Holding Ltd. AI Engineering Services Limited Official Website
Aircraft projects Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini Civil Aviation Department MG-1 Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer Civil Aviation Department Revathi Hindustan Ardhra
Cabinet ministers PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Communications 1 Hari Vinayak Pataskar(MoS) 7 December1956 16 April1957 Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru Minister of Civil Aviation 2 Satya Narayan Sinha 9 June1964 13 June1964 Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri 3 Nityanand Kanungo(MoS) 13 June1964 31 July1965 4 Raj Bahadur 31 July1965 24 January1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation 5 Karan Singh 16 March1967 9 November1973 Indian National Congress Indira II Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress (R) Indira III (4) Raj Bahadur 9 November1973 22 December1976 6 Kotha Raghuramaiah 23 December1976 24 March1977 7 Purushottam Kaushik 26 March1977 15 July1979 Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai Morarji Desai(Prime Minister) 16 July1979 28 July1979 8 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 30 July1979 14 January1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh 9 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 14 January1980 7 June1980 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 10 Anant Sharma 8 June1980 2 September1982 Minister of Civil Aviation 11 Bhagwat Jha Azad(MoS, I/C) 2 September1982 14 February1983 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation 12 Khurshed Alam Khan(MoS, I/C) 14 February1983 31 October1984 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 4 November1984 31 December1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi(Prime Minister) 31 December1984 25 September1985 Rajiv II Minister of Civil Aviation 13 Jagdish Tytler(MoS, I/C) 22 October1986 14 February1988 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi 14 Motilal Vora 14 February1988 25 June1988 Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism 15 Shivraj Patil(MoS, I/C) 25 June1988 2 December1989 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi Minister of Civil Aviation Vishwanath Pratap Singh(Prime Minister) 2 December1989 5 December1989 Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh 16 Arif Mohammad Khan 6 December1989 10 November1990 17 Harmohan Dhawan(MoS, I/C) 21 November1990 21 June1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism 18 Madhavrao Scindia 21 June1991 9 January1993 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao 19 Ghulam Nabi Azad 9 January1993 16 May1996 20 V. Dhananjay Kumar 16 May1996 1 June1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee 21 C. M. Ibrahim 1 June1996 29 June1996 Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation 29 June1996 21 April1997 21A C. M. Ibrahim Minister in the Department of Tourism 21B Srikant Kumar Jena Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation 21 April1997 19 March1998 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral (21A) C. M. Ibrahim Minister in the Department of Tourism (21B) Srikant Kumar Jena Minister of Civil Aviation 22 Ananth Kumar 19 March1998 13 October1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 23 Sharad Yadav 13 October1999 1 September2001 Samata Party Vajpayee III 24 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 1 September2001 24 May2003 Bharatiya Janata Party 25 Rajiv Pratap Rudy(MoS, I/C) 24 May2003 22 May2004 26 Praful Patel(MoS, I/C) 23 May2004 22 May2009 Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan I Manmohan Singh 28 May2009 19 January2011 Manmohan II 27 Vayalar Ravi 19 January2011 18 December2011 Indian National Congress 28 Ajit Singh 18 December2011 26 May2014 Rashtriya Lok Dal 29 Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju 27 May2014 9 March2018 Telugu Desam Party Modi I Narendra Modi Narendra Modi(Prime Minister) 9 March2018 10 March2018 Bharatiya Janata Party 30 Suresh Prabhu 10 March2018 30 May2019 31 Hardeep Singh Puri(MoS, I/C) 31 May2019 7 July2021 Modi II 32 Jyotiraditya Scindia 7 July2021 9 June2024 33 Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu 10 June2024 Incumbent Telugu Desam Party Modi III
Ministers of State PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party Ministry Prime Minister From To Period Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation 1 Sarojini Mahishi 2 May1971 10 October1974 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi 2 Surendra Pal Singh 10 October1974 23 December1976 3 P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao 4 August1979 27 November1979 Indian National Congress (U) Charan Charan Singh 4 Kartik Oraon 14 January1980 8 June1980 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi 5 Chandulal Chandrakar 8 June1980 15 January1982 6 Khurshed Alam Khan 15 January1982 2 September1982 Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation 7 Ashok Gehlot 31 December1984 24 August1985 Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism 8 M. O. H. Farook 21 June1991 2 July1992 Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Minister of State in the Department of Civil Aviation (8) M. O. H. Farook 2 July1992 17 January1996 9B G. Y. Krishnan 15 September1995 16 May1996 Minister of State in the Department of Tourism 9A Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder 2 July1992 16 May1996 Minister of State for Civil Aviation 10 Jayanthi Natarajan 9 June1997 19 March1998 Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral 11 Chaman Lal Gupta 13 October1999 1 September2001 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee 12 Shripad Naik 1 July2002 24 May2003 13 K. C. Venugopal 28 October2012 26 May2014 Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh 14 G. M. Siddeshwara 26 May2014 9 November2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi 15 Mahesh Sharma 9 November2014 5 July2016 16 Jayant Sinha 5 July2016 30 May2019 17 V. K. Singh 7 July2021 10 June 2024 Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II 18 Murlidhar Mohol 10 June2024 Incumbent Modi III
See also
Aviation in India DigiYatra
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