DGCA
- May 26, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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DGCA
Subject : National Organisations
Context : DGCA de-rosters SpiceJet crew as couple gets married on board flight.
Concept :
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is the statutory body formed under the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
- This directorate investigates aviation accidents and incidents, maintains all regulations related to aviation and is responsible for issuance of licenses pertaining to aviation like PPL’s, SPL’s and CPL’s in India.
- It is headquartered along Sri AurobindoMarg, opposite Safdarjung Airport, in New Delhi.
- The Government of India is planning to replace the organisation with a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).