Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to address Conference of Ministers of Civil Aviation of States & UTs in New Delhi today

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will address the Conference of the Ministers of Civil Aviation of States and Union Territories in New Delhi today.

In this direction, Civil Aviation Ministry organised the Conference of the Secretaries of Civil Aviation of all the states and union territories in New Delhi yesterday.

 

Chairing the inaugural session, Secretary of the Ministry Rajiv Bansal said that aviation sector has witnessed a lot of progress in the last year. He said, domestic air traffic is almost near to the pre-Covid level, multiple new



airports have been inaugurated and new routes have been launched. Mr Bansal said, government has taken several steps to promote drone, Helicopter Medical Emergency Services and Fractional Ownership. During the conference, the Secretary requested states to reduce VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel, ATF, and appreciated those states which have already done it.

The objective of the conference is to promote greater collaboration and synergy between state civil aviation departments and the Ministry to augment the development of the civil aviation sector.