Civil aviation sector gets a lifeline of Rs 190 crore

Out of the total Plan outlay of Rs12164.76 crore (Rs 121.65 billion) for the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Rs 190 crore (Rs 1.9 billion) is the budgetary support, of which the Airports Authority of India has been provided with Rs 99.15 crore (Rs 991 million) for development of airports.

Of the total budgetary support for AAI, Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million) has been earmarked for the development of airports in the North-Eastern states and the balanced amount of Rs 79.15 crore (Rs 791 million) is for development of airports in other crucial areas like Jammu, Srinagar, Aggtti, and Puducherry airport.

Budgetary support of Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) has been provided to the Director General of Civil Aviation and a provision of Rs 14 crore (Rs 140 million) for the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to pursue their plan schemes.

A provision of Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) has been made for Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd for heliport in NCR/Delhi in order to facilitate Common Wealth Games and also to provide for Disaster Management/Mitigation measure.

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uraan Akademi and Aeroclub of India have been provided grants-in-aid of Rs 8 crore (Rs 80 million) and Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million) respectively.

Source: PIB