UNATTENDED REGULATIONS IN AVIATION SECTOR WOULD GO OFF, SAY RAJU & SINHA AT AERO EXPO INDIA-2017 UNDER PHD CHAMBER

Whereas Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Gajapathi Raju Pusapati on Thursday assured India Inc. stating that the remaining regulations relating to civil aviation sector would be done away with and further streamlined, his colleague in the Ministry, Mr. Jayant Sinha made a prognosis that air traffic would be intensified for large segment of Indian populace even to an extent of between 20% to 40%  which currently is estimated at more than 3%.

In terms of growth and expansion, the civil aviation sector as already reached at levels that of railways and telecom and our objective is to exceed and surpass even the established milestones in the sector as 20 crore passenger have already travelled by air as per recent estimates, Mr. Sinha emphasized.

Speaking on the occasion of 2nd Aero Expo India 2017 under aegis of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today, Mr. Ashok Gajpati Raju who spoke briefly, however, added that regulations and procedures that are still found to be uncalled for would be done away with as the current regime is pro-active in terms of policy orientation for win-win situation for each stakeholder in the civil aviation sector.

Mr. Sinha, however, informed that draft regulations for drones have already been finalized by the government as per which their applications would be for sectors far and wide that include not only e-commerce but also agriculture, monitoring of all sorts of products and process pipelines including exploring possibilities for launching air rickshaws for travelling smaller distances.

According to him, the draft regulations for drones will not gulp down e-commerce job but convert e-commerce delivery boys on motor bikes currently into pilots and engineers.  This is how the government foresees the futuristic developments in Indian civil aviation space, concluded Mr. Sinha.

In his welcome remarks, President, PHD Chamber, Mr. Anil Khaitan complimented the government  for broad basing and expanding the civil aviation sector but asked that many more pro-active steps need to be taken so that India becomes a hub for civil aviation sector.

Sr. Vice President, PHD Chamber, Mr. Rajeev Talwar in his observations felt that a great deal of possibilities exist for further expansion of civil aviation sector and hoped that the government would address all issues that will lead to the expansion of the sector.

Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Chamber, Mr. K Narayana Rao who also spoke on the occasion demanded that funds should be made available for diversification of the civil aviation sector at lower interest rates which would also attract and further facilitate FDIs in it.