Monday, September 21, 2009

Brief profile of ministry of civil aviation

Ministry of civil aviation, located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi 110003, 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.It also oversees airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The ministry also administers implementation of the Aircraft Act, 1934 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety, a statutory body set up under the Indian Railways Act.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. Praful Patel is the minister of state, independent charge, civil aviation and M Madhavan Nambiar is the secretary, ministry of civil aviation.

Information published under the head of ministry of civil aviation

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