| Agency name | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1947 (age 79) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan New Delhi |
| Minister1 name | Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu |
| Minister1 pfo | Union Cabinet Minister |
| Minister2 name | Murlidhar Kisan Mohol |
| Minister2 pfo | Minister of State |
| Website | www.civilaviation.gov.in |
| Budget | ₹3,113.50 (2023–24 est.)[1] |
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (Naagar Vimaan Mantraalay) in India is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for the development and regulation of civil aviation. It devises and implements schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport in the country. The mandate of this ministry also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The ministry also administers the implementation of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railway Safety.
Organisation
The ministry has under its ownership the following central government establishments:
Statutory bodies
- Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)[2]
- Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)
- Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
- Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA)
- Airports Authority of India (AAI)[2]
Attached offices
- Commission of Railway Safety[3] - The commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by the 1989 Railways Act. The agency investigates rail accidents.[3]
Training institutions
Central Public Sector Undertakings
- Pawan Hans
- AI Assets Holding Limited
- Hotel Corporation of India Limited, a subsidiary of AI Assets Holding Ltd.
- AI Engineering Services Limited Official Website
Aircraft projects
- Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini
- Civil Aviation Department MG-1
- Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
- Civil Aviation Department Revathi
- Hindustan Ardhra
Cabinet ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Communications | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hari Vinayak Pataskar (1892–1970) MP for Jalgaon (MoS) | 7 December 1956 | 16 April 1957 | ' | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru | |||
| Ministry disestablished during this interval[a] | ||||||||||
| Minister of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 2 | Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) MP for Samastipur | 9 June 1964 | 13 June 1964 | ' | Indian National Congress | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||
| 3 | Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) MP for Cuttack (MoS) | 13 June 1964 | 31 July 1965 | ' | ||||||
| 4 | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur | 31 July 1965 | 11 January 1966 | ' | ||||||
| 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
| Ministry disestablished during this interval[b] | ||||||||||
| Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 5 | Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for Udhampur | 16 March 1967 | 18 March 1971 | ' | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 18 March 1971 | 9 November 1973 | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | |||||||
| (4) | Raj Bahadur (1912–1990) MP for Bharatpur | 9 November 1973 | 22 December 1976 | ' | ||||||
| 6 | Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur | 23 December 1976 | 24 March 1977 | ' | ||||||
| 7 | Purushottam Kaushik (1930–2017) MP for Raipur | 26 March 1977 | 15 July 1979 | ' | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | |||
| – | Morarji Desai (1896–1995) MP for Surat (Prime Minister) | 16 July 1979 | 28 July 1979 | ' | ||||||
| 8 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) MP for Anantnag | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | ' | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan | Charan Singh | |||
| 9 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) MP for Cuttack | 14 January 1980 | 7 June 1980 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 10 | Anant Sharma (1919–1988) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar | 8 June 1980 | 2 September 1982 | ' | ||||||
| Minister of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 11 | Bhagwat Jha Azad (1922–2011) MP for Bhagalpur (MoS, I/C) | 2 September 1982 | 14 February 1983 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 12 | Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad (MoS, I/C) | 14 February 1983 | 31 October 1984 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 4 November 1984 | 31 December 1984 | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | |||||||
| – | Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) MP for Amethi (Prime Minister) | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | ' | Rajiv II | |||||
| Ministry disestablished during this interval[c] | ||||||||||
| Minister of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 13 | Jagdish Tytler (born 1944) MP for Delhi Sadar (MoS, I/C) | 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| 14 | Motilal Vora (1928–2020) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | ' | ||||||
| Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | ||||||||||
| 15 | Shivraj Patil (born 1935) MP for Latur (MoS, I/C) | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| Minister of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| – | Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur (Prime Minister) | 2 December 1989 | 5 December 1989 | ' | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | |||
| 16 | Arif Mohammad Khan (born 1951) MP for Bahraich | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | ' | ||||||
| 17 | Harmohan Dhawan (1940–2024) MP for Chandigarh (MoS, I/C) | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | ' | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | |||
| Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | ||||||||||
| 18 | Madhavrao Scindia (1945–2001) MP for Gwalior | 21 June 1991 | 9 January 1993 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| 19 | Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 1949) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 9 January 1993 | 16 May 1996 | ' | ||||||
| 20 | V. Dhananjay Kumar (1951–2019) MP for Mangalore | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 21 | C. M. Ibrahim (born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | 1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | ' | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |||
| Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | ' | |||||||
| 21A | C. M. Ibrahim (born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | |||||||||
| Minister in the Department of Tourism | ||||||||||
| 21B | Srikant Kumar Jena (born 1950) MP for Kendrapara | |||||||||
| Minister in the Department of Civil Aviation | 21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | ' | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||||
| (21A) | C. M. Ibrahim (born 1948) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | |||||||||
| Minister in the Department of Tourism | ||||||||||
| (21B) | Srikant Kumar Jena (born 1950) MP for Kendrapara | |||||||||
| Minister of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 22 | Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South | 19 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 23 | Sharad Yadav (1947–2023) MP for Madhepura | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | ' | Samata Party | Vajpayee III | ||||
| 24 | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP for Kishanganj | 1 September 2001 | 24 May 2003 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 25 | Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962) MP for Chapra (MoS, I/C) | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | ' | ||||||
| 26 | Praful Patel (born 1957) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra (MoS, I/C) | 23 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | ' | Nationalist Congress Party | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | |||
| 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | Manmohan II | ||||||||
| 27 | Vayalar Ravi (born 1937) Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala | 19 January 2011 | 18 December 2011 | ' | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 28 | Ajit Singh (1939–2021) MP for Baghpat | 18 December 2011 | 26 May 2014 | ' | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |||||
| 29 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 1951) MP for Vizianagaram | 27 May 2014 | 9 March 2018 | ' | Telugu Desam Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| – | Narendra Modi (born 1950) MP for Varanasi (Prime Minister) | 9 March 2018 | 10 March 2018 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 30 | Suresh Prabhu (born 1953) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh | 10 March 2018 | 30 May 2019 | ' | ||||||
| 31 | Hardeep Singh Puri (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh (MoS, I/C) | 31 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | ' | Modi II | |||||
| 32 | Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | ' | ||||||
| 33 | Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (born 1987) MP for Srikakulam | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | ' | Telugu Desam Party | Modi III | ||||
Ministers of State
| No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sarojini Mahishi (1927–2015) MP for Dharwad North | 2 May 1971 | 10 October 1974 | ' | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 2 | Surendra Pal Singh (1917–2009) MP for Bulandshahr | 10 October 1974 | 23 December 1976 | ' | ||||||
| 3 | P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao (1929–1997) MP for Bapatla | 4 August 1979 | 27 November 1979 | ' | Indian National Congress (U) | Charan | Charan Singh | |||
| 4 | Kartik Oraon (1924–1981) MP for Lohardaga | 14 January 1980 | 8 June 1980 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | |||
| 5 | Chandulal Chandrakar (1920–1995) MP for Durg | 8 June 1980 | 15 January 1982 | ' | ||||||
| 6 | Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) MP for Farrukhabad | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | ' | ||||||
| Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MP for Jodhpur | 31 December 1984 | 24 August 1985 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism | ||||||||||
| 8 | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) MP for Pondicherry | 21 June 1991 | 2 July 1992 | ' | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |||
| Minister of State in the Department of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| (8) | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) MP for Pondicherry | 2 July 1992 | 17 January 1996 | ' | ||||||
| 9B | G. Y. Krishnan (1929–2001) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | 15 September 1995 | 16 May 1996 | ' | ||||||
| Minister of State in the Department of Tourism | ||||||||||
| 9A | Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder (1943–2006) MP for Gurdaspur | 2 July 1992 | 16 May 1996 | ' | ||||||
| Minister of State for Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
| 10 | Jayanthi Natarajan (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu | 9 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | ' | Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||
| 11 | Chaman Lal Gupta (1934–2021) MP for Udhampur | 13 October 1999 | 1 September 2001 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |||
| 12 | Shripad Naik (born 1952) MP for Panaji | 1 July 2002 | 24 May 2003 | ' | ||||||
| 13 | K. C. Venugopal (born 1963) MP for Alappuzha | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | ' | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | |||
| 14 | G. M. Siddeshwara (born 1952) MP for Davanagere | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |||
| 15 | Mahesh Sharma (born 1959) MP for Gautam Buddh Nagar | 9 November 2014 | 5 July 2016 | ' | ||||||
| 16 | Jayant Sinha (born 1963) MP for Hazaribagh | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | ' | ||||||
| 17 | General V. K. Singh (Retd.) (born 1950) MP for Ghaziabad | 7 July 2021 | 10 June 2024 | ' | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | ||||
| 18 | Murlidhar Mohol (born 1974) MP for Pune | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | ' | Modi III | |||||
See also
Notes
- ^ The matters pertaining to the Department of Civil Aviation were placed under the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 1957 till 1963 and thereupon under the Ministry of Transport from 1963.
- ^ The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged with the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.
- ^ The Ministry of Civil Aviation was merged into the Ministry of Transport as the Department of Civil Aviation.
References
- ^ "Budget data". indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
- ^ "Commission of Railway Safety Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.