The Ministry of Civil Aviation (Hindi: नागर विमानन मंत्रालय, naagar vimaanan mantraalay) 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. Its functions 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 Aircraft Act, 1934, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railway Safety.
The ministry is under the charge of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Minister of State V. K. Singh. The secretary, an IAS officer, is administrative the head of the ministry and is assisted by one additional secretary and financial adviser, three joint secretaries, seven officers of the level of director/deputy secretary / financial controller and ten officers of the level of undersecretary. It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.[2]
Structure
The ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments:
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]
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External links
Official website
April 30, 2023
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overviewJurisdictionGovernment of IndiaHeadquartersMinistry of Civil AviationRajiv Gandhi BhawanNew DelhiAnnual budget 6 602 86 crore US 830 million 2018 19 est 1 Ministers responsibleJyotiraditya Scindia Cabinet MinisterV K Singh Minister of StateWebsitewww wbr civilaviation wbr gov wbr in Contents 1 Composition of the ministry 2 Structure 2 1 Directorates 2 2 Regulatory Bodies 2 3 Attached Offices 2 4 Training Institutions 2 5 Statutory Bodies 2 6 Central Public Sector Undertakings 3 Aircraft projects 4 List of ministers 5 List of Ministers of State 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksComposition of the ministry EditThe ministry is under the charge of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Minister of State V K Singh The secretary an IAS officer is administrative the head of the ministry and is assisted by one additional secretary and financial adviser three joint secretaries seven officers of the level of director deputy secretary financial controller and ten officers of the level of undersecretary It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan Safdarjung Airport New Delhi 2 Structure EditThe ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments Directorates Edit Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA 3 Regulatory Bodies Edit Airports Economic Regulatory Authority AERA Attached Offices Edit 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 Training Institutions Edit Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi IGRUA 3 Statutory Bodies Edit Airports Authority of India 3 Central Public Sector Undertakings Edit Pawan HansAircraft projects EditCivil Aviation Department RG 1 Rohini Civil Aviation Department MG 1 Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer Civil Aviation Department Revathi Hindustan ArdhraList of ministers Edit Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Party1 John Matthai 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1 year 38 days Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress2 N Gopalaswami Ayyangar 17 August 1948 13 May 1952 3 years 270 days3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4 years 208 days4 Hari Vinayak Pataskar 7 December 1956 16 April 1957 130 days 3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 16 April 1957 28 March 1958 346 days5 S K Patil 29 March 1958 24 August 1959 1 year 148 days6 P Subbarayan 2 September 1959 10 April 1962 2 years 220 days7 Jagjivan Ram 10 April 1962 31 August 1963 1 year 143 days8 Satya Narayan Sinha 9 June 1964 13 June 1964 4 days Lal Bahadur Shastri9 Nityanand Kanungo As MoS 13 June 1964 31 July 1965 1 year 48 days10 Raj Bahadur 31 July 1965 24 January 1966 177 days11 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 24 January 1966 16 March 1967 1 year 51 days Indira Gandhi12 Karan Singh 16 March 1967 9 November 1973 6 years 238 days 10 Raj Bahadur 9 November 1973 22 December 1976 3 years 43 days13 Kotha Raghuramaiah 23 December 1976 24 March 1977 91 days14 Purushottam Kaushik 24 March 1977 15 July 1979 2 years 113 days Morarji Desai Janata Party15 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168 days Charan Singh Indian National Congress U 16 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 14 January 1980 7 June 1980 145 days Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress17 Anant Sharma 19 October 1980 2 September 1982 1 year 318 days18 Bhagwat Jha Azad Independent Charge 2 September 1982 14 February 1983 134 days19 Khurshed Alam Khan 14 February 1983 31 December 1984 1 year 352 days20 Jagdish Tytler 22 October 1986 14 February 1988 1 year 115 days Rajiv Gandhi21 Motilal Vora 14 February 1988 5 25 June 1988 132 days22 Shivraj Patil Independent Charge 25 June 1988 2 December 1989 1 year 160 days23 Arif Mohammad Khan 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days Vishwanath Pratap Singh Janata Dal24 Harmohan Dhawan Independent Charge 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party Rashtriya 25 Madhavrao Scindia 21 June 1991 9 January 1993 1 year 202 days P V Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress26 Ghulam Nabi Azad 9 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years 128 days27 V Dhananjay Kumar 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party28 C M Ibrahim 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year 291 days H D Deve Gowda Janata DalInder Kumar Gujral29 Ananth Kumar 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year 208 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party30 Sharad Yadav 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 1 year 322 days Janata Dal United 31 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 1 year 264 days Bharatiya Janata Party32 Rajiv Pratap Rudy Independent Charge 24 May 2003 22 May 2004 364 days33 Praful Patel Independent Charge 23 May 2004 18 January 2011 6 years 240 days Manmohan Singh Nationalist Congress Party34 Vayalar Ravi 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 333 days Indian National Congress35 Ajit Singh 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 2 years 159 days Rashtriya Lok Dal36 Ashok Gajapathi Raju 26 May 2014 9 March 2018 3 years 287 days Narendra Modi Telugu Desam Party37 Suresh Prabhu 10 March 2018 30 May 2019 1 year 81 days Bharatiya Janata Party38 Hardeep Singh Puri Independent Charge 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years 38 days39 Jyotiraditya Scindia 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year 296 daysList of Ministers of State EditMinisters of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Minister of State Political party Term YearsAshok Gehlot Indian National Congress 31 December 1984 26 September 1985 269 daysG M Siddeshwara Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 daysMahesh Sharma 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 1 year 239 daysJayant Sinha 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years 329 daysV K Singh 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year 296 daysSee also Edit Aviation portalAviation in IndiaReferences Edit Budget data PDF www indiabudget gov in 2019 Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2018 Retrieved 15 September 2018 Archived copy Archived from the original on 30 December 2012 Retrieved 1 June 2013 a href 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