Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

From Bharatpedia, an open encyclopedia


Union Ministry of Civil Aviation
Emblem of India.svg
Agency overview
JurisdictionIndiaRepublic of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget6,602.86 crore (US$930 million) (2018–19 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • • Pradeep Singh Kharola, IAS, Civil Aviation Secretary
  • • Vimalendra Anand Patwardhan, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor
  • • Vandana Aggarwal, Economic Advisor
  • • Narendra Singh, Under Secretary (NS)
  • • Harprit K Singh, Financial Controller
  • • Ajit Saha, Technical Director
  • • Rajeev Jain, Additional Diretor General (M&C)
Websitecivilaviation.gov.in

The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of India is the nodal Ministry responsible for the formulation of national policies and programmes for development and regulation of Civil Aviation and for devising and implementing schemes for the orderly growth and expansion of civil air transport. Its functions also extend to overseeing airport facilities, air traffic services and carriage of passengers and goods by air. The Ministry also administers implementation of the Aircraft Act, 1934, Aircraft Rules, 1937 and is administratively responsible for the Commission of Railways Safety.

Composition of the Ministry[edit]

The ministry is under the charge of Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia .

The Secretary, an IAS officer, is administrative the head of the Ministry and is assisted by one Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, three Joint Secretaries, seven officers of the level of Director / Deputy Secretary / Financial Controller and ten officers of the level of Under Secretary. It is located at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.[2]

Structure[edit]

The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:

Directorates[edit]

Attached offices[edit]

Autonomous bodies[edit]

Statutory bodies[edit]

Aircraft projects[edit]

Ministers of Civil Aviation[edit]

No Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
1 John Mathai
(Minister of Transport)
John Mathai.jpg 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1 year, 38 days Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(Minister of Transport and Railways)
Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg 17 August 1948 13 May 1952 3 years, 270 days
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(Minister of Railways and Transport)
Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4 years, 208 days
4 Hari Vinayak Pataskar 7 December 1956 16 April 1957 130 days
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(Minister of Transport and Communications)
Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg 16 April 1957 28 March 1958 346 days
5 S. K. Patil
(Minister of Transport and Communications)
29 March 1958 24 August 1959 1 year, 148 days
6 P. Subbarayan
(Minister of Transport and Communications)
P Subbarayan 1989 stamp of India.jpg 2 September 1959 10 April 1962 2 years, 220 days
7 Jagjivan Ram
(Minister of Transport and Communications)
Jagjivan Ram 1991 stamp of India.jpg 10 April 1962 31 August 1963 1 year, 143 days
8 Satya Narayan Sinha 9 June 1964 13 June 1964 4 days Lal Bahadur Shastri
9 Nityanand Kanungo
(As MoS)
13 June 1964 31 July 1965 1 year, 48 days
10 Raj Bahadur Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg 31 July 1965 24 January 1966 177 days
11 Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg 24 January 1966 16 March 1967 1 year, 51 days Indira Gandhi
12 Karan Singh Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 16 March 1967 9 November 1973 6 years, 238 days
10 Raj Bahadur Raj Bahadur 2013 stamp of India.jpg 9 November 1973 22 December 1976 3 years, 43 days
13 Kotha Raghuramaiah File:Kotha Raghuramaiah.jpg 23 December 1976 24 March 1977 91 days
14 Purushottam Kaushik 24 March 1977 15 July 1979 2 years, 113 days Janata Party Morarji Desai
15 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168 days Indian National Congress (U) Charan Singh
16 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg 14 January 1980 7 June 1980 145 days Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
17 Anant Prasad Sharma File:Anant Prasad Sharma Official portrait 1983.jpg 19 October 1980 2 September 1982 1 year, 318 days
18 Bhagwat Jha Azad
(Independent Charge)
Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg 2 September 1982 14 February 1983 134 days
19 Khurshed Alam Khan 14 February 1983 31 December 1984 1 year, 352 days
20 Jagdish Tytler Jagdish Tytler in Mumbai on January 6, 2005.jpg 22 October 1986 14 February 1988 1 year, 115 days Rajiv Gandhi
21 Motilal Vora Motilal Vora.jpg 14 February 1988[5] 25 June 1988 132 days
22 Shivraj Patil
(Independent Charge)
Shivraj Patil.jpg 25 June 1988 2 December 1989 1 year, 160 days
23 Arif Mohammed Khan Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.jpg 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh
24 Harmohan Dhawan
(Independent Charge)
21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
25 Madhavrao Scindia Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg 21 June 1991 9 January 1993 1 year, 202 days Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
26 Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG 9 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years, 128 days
27 V. Dhananjaya Kumar Danajaya kumar001.png 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
28 C. M. Ibrahim 1 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 291 days Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
29 Ananth Kumar The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
30 Sharad Yadav Sharadyadavjdu.jpg 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 1 year, 322 days Janata Dal (United)
31 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain The Union Minister for Textiles Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain addressing the Press on the forthcoming mega event for showcasing the expertise and capabilities of Indian Fashion Industry, Textiles and Apparel manufacturing.jpg 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 1 year, 264 days Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(Independent Charge)
Rajivrudy.png 24 May 2003 22 May 2004 364 days
33 Praful Patel
(Independent Charge)
Praful Patel World Economic Forum 2013.jpg 23 May 2004 18 January 2011 6 years, 240 days Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan Singh
34 Vayalar Ravi Vayalar Ravi-crop.jpg 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 333 days Indian National Congress
35 Ajit Singh Ajit Singh at press conference.jpg 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 2 years, 159 days Rashtriya Lok Dal
36 Ashok Gajapathi Raju Shri Ashok Gajapati Raju.jpg 26 May 2014 9 March 2018 3 years, 287 days Telugu Desam Party Narendra Modi
37 Suresh Prabhu The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg 10 March 2018 30 May 2019 1 year, 81 days Bharatiya Janata Party
38 Hardeep Singh Puri
(Independent Charge)
Shri Hardeep Singh Puri in July 2021.jpg 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years, 38 days
39 Jyotiraditya Scindia Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia in July 2021.jpg 7 July 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 210 days

List of Ministers of State[edit]

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Days
G. M. Siddeshwara File:Gm siddeswara.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days
Mahesh Sharma Mahesh Sharma January 2015.jpg 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 604 days
Jayant Sinha JayantSinha.JPG 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 1059 days
V. K. Singh General Vijay Kumar Singh.jpg 07 July 2021 Incumbent 940 days

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Budget data" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Commission of Railway Safety Archived 29 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 19 February 2012.
  5. "Vayudoot remains Harsh Vardhan's show". India Today.

External links[edit]

Information red.svg
Scan the QR code to donate via UPI
Dear reader, We kindly request your support in maintaining the independence of Bharatpedia. As a non-profit organization, we rely heavily on small donations to sustain our operations and provide free access to reliable information to the world. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to consider donating to our cause, as it would greatly aid us in our mission. Your contribution would demonstrate the importance of reliable and trustworthy knowledge to you and the world. Thank you.

Please select an option below or scan the QR code to donate
₹150 ₹500 ₹1,000 ₹2,000 ₹5,000 ₹10,000 Other