Another colonial-era law, the nine-decade-old Aircraft Act is set to be replaced with a new legislation, Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam (BVA). Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Wednesday introduced the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 in the Lok Sabha. The 26 page legislation has a much bigger role for Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). It prescribes provisions to empower the Central government to make rules to implement the convention relating to international civil aviation and other matters relating to civil aviation security. The Aircraft Act 1934 was enacted to make better provision for the control of the manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft.

Source: The Hindu July 31, 2024 22:50 UTC