Draft Civil Aviation Policy Geared to Face New Global and Domestic Demands

10-Nov-2014 "It is a step towards making civil aviation a vibrant sector in our country, to rise to its full potential", said Civil Aviation Minister, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati while releasing the Draft Civil Aviation Policy here today. The new Civil Aviation Policy is expected to be in place by January 2015, he added. The Draft has been released for consultation with public and stakeholders within three weeks, after which six to seven groups of experts would be constituted to interact with stakeholders and review the inputs received during the process. Underlining the major shifts in the Draft in comparison to the earlier Civil Aviation Policy, the Minister said, "it aims to develop a transparent policy in which regulations for the Civil Aviation sector would be more meaningful."