Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

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Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Agency overview
JurisdictionIndiaRepublic of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget₹6,602.86 crore (US$930 million) (2018–19 est.)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • • Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS, Civil Aviation Secretary
  • • Vimalendra Anand Patwardhan, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor
  • • Vandana Aggarwal, Economic Advisor
  • • Narendra Singh, Under Secretary (NS)
  • • Harprit K Singh, Financial Controller
  • • Ajit Saha, Technical Director
  • • Rajeev Jain, Additional Diretor General (M&C)
Websitecivilaviation.gov.in

The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of 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. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The Ministry also administers implementation of the Aircraft Act, 1934, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety.

Composition of the ministry[edit]

The ministry is under the charge of Minister of State (Independent) Hardeep Singh Puri.

The Secretary, an IAS officer, is administrative 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. It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.[2]

Structure[edit]

The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:

Directorates[edit]

Attached offices[edit]

Autonomous bodies[edit]

PSUs and Joint Ventures[edit]

Aircraft projects[edit]

Ministers of Civil Aviation[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance) 		Prime Minister
John Mathai
(Minister of Transport) 		John Mathai.jpg 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(Minister of Transport and Railways) 		Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg 17 August 1948 13 May 1952
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(Minister of Railways and Transport) 		Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg 13 May 1952 7 December 1956
Hari Vinayak Pataskar 7 December 1956 16 April 1957
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(Minister of Transport and Communications) 		Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg 16 April 1957 28 March 1958
S. K. Patil
(Minister of Transport and Communications) 		29 March 1958 24 August 1959
P. Subbarayan
(Minister of Transport and Communications) 		P Subbarayan 1989 stamp of India.jpg 2 September 1959 10 April 1962
Jagjivan Ram
(Minister of Transport and Communications) 		Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg 10 April 1962 31 August 1963
Satya Narayan Sinha 9 June 1964 13 June 1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nityanand Kanungo
(As MoS) 		13 June 1964 31 July 1965
Raj Bahadur[5] Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg 31 July 1965 24 January 1966
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism) 		NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg 24 January 1966 16 March 1967 Indira Gandhi
Karan Singh[6] Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 16 March 1967 9 November 1973
Raj Bahadur Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg 9 November 1973 22 December 1976
Kotha Raghuramaiah 23 December 1976 24 March 1977
Purushottam Kaushik[7] 24 March 1977 15 July 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party Charan Singh
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.JPG 14 January 1980 7 June 1980 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
Anant Prasad Sharma 19 October 1980 2 September 1982
Bhagwat Jha Azad
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg 2 September 1982 14 February 1983
Khurshed Alam Khan[8][9] 14 February 1983 31 December 1984
Jagdish Tytler[10][11] Jagdish Tytler.jpg 22 October 1986 14 February 1988 Rajiv Gandhi
Motilal Vora[12] Motilal Vora.jpg 14 February 1988[13] 25 June 1988
Shivraj Patil
(MoS, Independent Charge)[14] 		Shivraj Patil.jpg 25 June 1988 2 December 1989
Arif Mohammed Khan[15] Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.jpg 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal V. P. Singh
Harmohan Dhawan
(MoS, Independent Charge)[9][16] 		21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
Madhavrao Scindia[17] Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg 21 June 1991 9 January 1993 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad.jpg 9 January 1993 16 May 1996
V. Dhananjaya Kumar[18] Danajaya kumar001.png 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. M. Ibrahim[19] 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
Ananth Kumar[20] The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sharad Yadav[21] Sharadyadavjdu.jpg 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 Janata Dal
National Democratic Alliance
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain[22] 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance
Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(MoS, Independent Charge)[9][23] 		24 May 2003 23 May 2004
Praful Patel
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		Praful Patel World Economic Forum 2013.jpg 23 May 2004 18 January 2011 Nationalist Congress Party
United Progressive Alliance 		Manmohan Singh
Vayalar Ravi Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 Indian National Congress
United Progressive Alliance
Ajit Singh 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 Rashtriya Lok Dal
United Progressive Alliance
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Shri Ashok Gajapati Raju.jpg 26 May 2014 9 March 2018 Telugu Desam Party
National Democratic Alliance 		Narendra Modi
Suresh Prabhu
The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg 9 March 2018 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance
Hardeep Singh Puri
(MoS, Independent Charge) 		Hardeep Singh Puri - 2018 (45176824921) (cropped).jpg 30 May 2019 Incumbent

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Commission of Railway Safety Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Fifth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAJ BAHADUR, SHRI".
  6. ^ "(RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952–2003: S)" (PDF).
  7. ^ "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ^ "8th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KHAN, SHRI KHURSHED ALAM".
  9. ^ a b c Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  10. ^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Tytler,Shri Jagdish".
  11. ^ Tytler was Minister of State (Independent Charge) till July 1987
  12. ^ "(RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952–2003: V)" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Vayudoot remains Harsh Vardhan's show". India Today.
  14. ^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Patil,Shri Shivraj V." Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha : KHAN, SHRI ARIF MOHAMMED".
  16. ^ "9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioproile : DHAWAN, SHRI HARMOHAN". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Scindia,Shri Madhavrao".
  18. ^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dhananjaya Kumar,Shri Venur".
  19. ^ "(RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952–2003: I)" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Ananth Kumar,Shri".
  21. ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Yadav, Shri Sharad".
  22. ^ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Hussain,Shri Syed Shahnawaz".
  23. ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Rudy,Shri Rajiv Pratap".

External links[edit]

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