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       As part of the Accident Prevention Programme following steps have been taken to avert the recurrence of air mishaps and impending eventualities at airports in the country: • Accident / incident data is regularly analyzed and based on the analysis, Air Safety Circulars are issued to bring important observations/findings to the notice of the operators to avoid the recurrence of the accidents. • Recommendations emanating from the accident/incident investigation reports are implemented to prevent such mishaps. • As per the annual surveillance programme, audit of the operators are carried out. Recommendations emanating from such reports are followed up with the operator for implementation. The compliance of the action taken by the operator is further verified during the next audit.The Government appoints various Committees of Inquiry as per the provisions of Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2012 to investigate the aircraft accidents on case to case bas

              Airports Authority of India (AAI) has prepared Colour Coded Zoning Maps (CCZM) of airports of Delhi and Mumbai clearly indicating the permissible heights in different colour coded grids in different zones of these airports. These maps are available on AAI's website.                   It has been decided to upgrade the existing online height clearance system i.e. NOCAS to NOCAS V.2. The NOCAS V.2 is bound to process the NoC application without any human intervention after physical verification of site elevation and co-ordination by AAI officials and issuance of NoC for height clearance expeditiously.              

          Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju while Chairing the meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Safety Measure in Civil Aviation Sector informed the Members that the Government has a plan to create a “Civil Aviation Authority of India” in place of DGCA to ensure efficiency in its procedures with ease of recruitment of skilled manpower. It will strengthen the system’s ability to cope with emerging safety challenges of the growth of the sector in the long run.         He added DGCA has issued various regulations for carrying out India’s obligation to the Chicago Convention and advisories to the industry regarding election flying, seasonal helicopter operations, real time tracking of the aircrafts etc. In accordance with the standard and recommended practices of ICAO, DGCA has developed State Safety Programme for India which is available on DGCA website. In accordance with the ICAO SARPs, India has also established State Safety Programme which

           Air India has made psychometric test mandatory for the recruitment of Trainee Pilots (Commercial Pilot License Holders). However, candidates recruited as Cabin Crew are not subjected to any psychometric test. The recruitment test for the post of Trainee Cabin Crew was conducted by Indian Institute of Psychometry on 11th January, 2015 at Delhi and Chennai. As many as 401 candidates were called for the written test and 394 candidates appeared, out of which 357 candidates qualified the same. No change in the medical standards of pilots is proposed as they are in line with ICAO requirements. However, many airlines are carrying out psychometric test of pilots at the time of induction. This information was given by Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.