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New Delhi, Oct 23 The Civil Aviation Ministry is to “strengthen” the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) by creating a “substantial number of posts” to enhance safety oversight functions, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said in a letter to Priyanka Chaturvedi, a Rajya Sabha MP.
In the letter dated October 21, Scindia says, the DGCA “continues to take pro-active measures to ensure that the level of safety standards is maintained” by airlines. “In case of any non-compliance, DGCA ensures that appropriate enforcement action is taken,” he wrote.
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Scindia said action was taken against SpiceJet, which included reducing the number of departures to 50 per cent of the schedule (till October 28); the annual surveillance plan for the airline was also increased to 47 in 2022-23 (as against 33 in 2019- 20).
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