The Union government is likely to place a new legislation in the ongoing session of Parliament that will replace the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the present regulator, with a new autonomous regulatory body. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said the Cabinet note on the creation of the new regulatory body the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was being prepared.
The draft note has been sent to the Law and Justice Ministry for approval and after getting comments from all the Ministries it would be sent to the Cabinet for approval and thereafter tabled in Parliament during the second half of the budget session. The Minister said the need for setting up the CAA was felt as passenger and freight traffic, and aircraft movement had grown manifold during the past few years.
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