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Union Ministry of Civil Aviation
Emblem of India
Agency overview
JurisdictionIndiaRepublic of India
HeadquartersMinistry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan
New Delhi
Annual budget₹6,602.86 crore (US$790 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

The ministry is under the charge of Hon'ble Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia and Hon’ble Minister of State Gn. V. K. Singh. 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

The Ministry has under its purview the following organisations:

Directorates

Attached offices

Autonomous bodies

Statutory bodies

Central Public Sector Units

Aircraft projects

Ministers of Civil Aviation

No Name Portrait Term of office Political party Prime Minister
1 John Mathai
(Minister of Transport) 		15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1 year, 38 days Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(Minister of Transport and Railways) 		17 August 1948 13 May 1952 3 years, 270 days
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(Minister of Railways and Transport) 		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) 		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) 		2 September 1959 10 April 1962 2 years, 220 days
7 Jagjivan Ram
(Minister of Transport and Communications) 		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 31 July 1965 24 January 1966 177 days
11 Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism) 		24 January 1966 16 March 1967 1 year, 51 days Indira Gandhi
12 Karan Singh 16 March 1967 9 November 1973 6 years, 238 days
10 Raj Bahadur 9 November 1973 22 December 1976 3 years, 43 days
13 Kotha Raghuramaiah 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 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) 		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 22 October 1986 14 February 1988 1 year, 115 days Rajiv Gandhi
21 Motilal Vora 14 February 1988[5] 25 June 1988 132 days
22 Shivraj Patil
(Independent Charge) 		25 June 1988 2 December 1989 1 year, 160 days
23 Arif Mohammed Khan 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 21 June 1991 9 January 1993 1 year, 202 days Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
26 Ghulam Nabi Azad 9 January 1993 16 May 1996 3 years, 128 days
27 V. Dhananjaya Kumar 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 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
30 Sharad Yadav 13 October 1999 31 August 2001 1 year, 322 days Janata Dal (United)
31 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 1 September 2001 23 May 2003 1 year, 264 days Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Rajiv Pratap Rudy
(Independent Charge) 		24 May 2003 22 May 2004 364 days
33 Praful Patel
(Independent Charge) 		23 May 2004 18 January 2011 6 years, 240 days Nationalist Congress Party Manmohan Singh
34 Vayalar Ravi 19 January 2011 18 December 2011 333 days Indian National Congress
35 Ajit Singh 18 December 2011 26 May 2014 2 years, 159 days Rashtriya Lok Dal
36 Ashok Gajapathi Raju File:Shri Ashok Gajapati Raju.jpg 26 May 2014 9 March 2018 3 years, 287 days Telugu Desam Party Narendra Modi
37 Suresh Prabhu 10 March 2018 30 May 2019 1 year, 81 days Bharatiya Janata Party
38 Hardeep Singh Puri
(Independent Charge) 		30 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years, 38 days
39 Jyotiraditya Scindia 7 July 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 171 days

List of Ministers of State

Ministers of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
G. M. Siddeshwara File:Gm siddeswara.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days
Mahesh Sharma 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 1 year, 239 days
Jayant Sinha 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years, 329 days
V. K. Singh 7 July 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 171 days

See also

References

  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. ^ a b c d "Ministry of Civil Aviation." Government of India. Retrieved on 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b "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.
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