| DGCA to more than double staff | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will nearly triple its current staff strength to meet the demands of a growing aviation industry. The aviation regulator, which currently has a staff of about 250, has created 427 Group-A posts in various directorates across the country. |
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| Beef up security for public, pvt aircraft fleet: Centre | 17-NOV-09 |
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| With rising terror threat, the Centre today asked states to beef up security for both public and private aircraft fleet and aviation facilities, including abandoned airstrips, and carry out drills on a regular basis. |
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| AI unions, sub-panel to discuss turnaround this week | 04-OCT-09 |
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| The sub-committee of the Air India board will meet shortly with the leaders of the 14 trade unions representing a cross-section of staffers, including pilots and engineers, on the company's cost-cutting and turnaround plan. |
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| Fat in the wrong place | 02-OCT-09 |
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| The generally accepted view is that the government runs a bloated bureaucracy. Its current employee strength is 3.32 million. But over 80 per cent of this number is accounted for by specific service departments: posts, central police forces and the railways. Logically, these should not be counted as part of a “bureaucracy”, which as a consequence stands reduced to a relatively modest 600,000. Since the overwhelming majority of even that consists of clerical and support staff, the operational part of the government is quite simply too small. In almost any direction one looks, there is a shortage of the required people. India has too few judges, one of the smallest foreign offices in the world, overworked officials dealing with trade negotiations in the commerce department, and desperate under-staffing at regulatory bodies in charge of areas like pollution control and drug safety. |
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| Aviation secy warns carriers against charging extra fares | 12-SEP-09 |
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| Aviation Secretary M M Nambiar today called a meeting of airlines’ representatives to warn them against charging excessive fares, He also asked them to operate more flights on the routes that were serviced by Jet Airways. “This is for reducing the inconvenience to passengers,” Nambiar said. |
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| Govt to infuse additional equity in Air India | 29-AUG-09 |
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| The government is understood to have decided to infuse additional equity in Air India and give a soft loan to counter the financial crunch, as a high-level Committee today asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to move a note on the issue for consideration of the Union Cabinet. |
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| Inquiry ordered into airport roof collapse | 23-AUG-09 |
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| The civil aviation ministry has directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enquire into the collapse of the roof of terminal 1D of the Delhi airport on Friday because of heavy rain and wind. DGCA will submit its report in two months, said a release from the civil aviation ministry. |
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| FIA delegation to meet Patel tomorrow | 09-AUG-09 |
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| A delegation of the apex industry body of scheduled carriers will meet Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel tomorrow to press for lowering taxes on jet fuel and airport charges, which at the current rates are harming the sector. |
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