Kaw panel reccommends Civil Aviation Advisory Committee; formation of Central Air University

New Delhi: A committee set up in August 2005 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to review the role and functions of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recommended to form a National Civil Aviation Advisory Committee to lay down the policy and review it from time to time.
The committee also pointed out the DGCA should liberalize its regulatory framework so as to give a greater fillip to the already burgeoning civil aviation sector. There committee whose Chairman was M. K. Kaw, former Secretary (Civil Aviation) suggested there should be a national training policy, a Central Air University, several State air universities, a DGCA Training Academy and tighter control and supervision over flying training schools and AME training institutions.
The other major recommendations:·
The DGCA should be statutorily notified as the sole apex body for safety and economic regulation of the sector. It should also act as a catalyst for the growth of the manufacturing sector.
· There is no need to convert it into an authority. This might make it commercial in outlook and dent its effectiveness in performing the sovereign function of regulation.
· DGCA should be given a sufficient budget and have clear-cut administrative and financial autonomy through a DGCA Council and its Empowered Committee.
. Government needs to finalize its civil aviation policy and give it a statutory basis in the shape of a new Civil Aviation Act.
· There should be an Indian Civil Aviation Service to man the various positions in the DGCA.
· There is no need to create a plethora of regulatory agencies in the field of civil aviation. Other members of the Committee were: Prof. Saligram Bhatt, Shri. S. L. Srivastava, Shri B. P. Baliga, Capt. M. V.V. Rao, Shri Gurcharan Bhatura and Mrs. Rupan Dhanoa.
04/04/06 Press Information Bureau

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