Bill to replace DGCA by CAA likely to be tabled in Parliament

21 Feb 2013 Evaluate

In the upcoming Budget session, a bill to replace Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) by a new aviation regulatory body -- the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) - with full operational and financial autonomy is expected to be tabled in Parliament. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said, ‘we are preparing a cabinet note on creating the CAA. We have sent a draft of the proposal to the law ministry and hope that we will be able to table the bill in the second half of this budget session itself.’

Disappointed over the past performance of the DGCA, Ajit Singh said that despite the increase in air passenger, aircraft movement over the past six years, the strength of DGCA, which is the regulatory body in the field of civil aviation, has gone up only in a marginal manner mainly due to the cumbersome recruitment process under the UPSC.

On the other hand, the proposed CAA, with full functional and financial autonomy, would be able to recruit its own staff, decide on their pay structure and the powers to fix and collect fees for rendering services like safety oversight and surveillance of air navigation services. As per the minister, the estimated cost of the CAA would be around Rs 112 crore and will be self financing. CAA will have a separate fund that would finance its entire expenses and will also get budgetary support.

Regarding the organization set up, Ajit Singh said that the proposed CAA would have a Chairperson, a Director General and 7-9 members, including five whole-time members. All of them would be appointed by the Centre on the recommendation of a Selection Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

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