Aviation: No plan of retrenchment, says minister

The government said on Tuesday there was no plan of retrenchment and early retirement scheme for the employees working in the civil aviation sector.

"There are approximately 52,042 employees working in the civil aviation sector in the attached/autonomous/public sector organisations under this ministry. There are no such proposals in the above organisations," minister of state (Independent Charge) for civil aviation, Praful Patel informed the Rajya Sabha.

Patel said this in written reply to a question whether government has plans for retrenchment or voluntary retirement of the employees.

Image: An Air India aircraft