Monday, May 06, 2013

House panel slams Centre for ignoring aviation sector


New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport has criticised the Union Government for offering nothing special to the civil aviation sector except for an equity boost to Air India, despite the sector witnessing turbulent times.
In its latest report, the Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has also noted that reduced allocation in this year’s budget for the Ministry of Civil Aviation has not augured well for the aviation sector, which has witnessed tough times over the past few years due to rise in fuel costs, rupee depreciation and general slowdown in the economy.
“The committee notes that the Ministry of Civil Aviation was able to get only 56 per cent of the projected plan allocation for the current fiscal. The committee feels that such inadequate allocation will definitely hamper progress of ongoing infrastructure projects and other aviation-related programmes,” it said in a report tabled in the Rajya Sabha last week.
05/05/13 Deccan Herald
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