Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024

 Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu introduced the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024, which seeks to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act 1934, in Lok Sabha.

The bill seeks to simplify civil aviation regulations by addressing ambiguities in the Aircraft Act, enhance ease of doing business and aid manufacturing in aviation, the minister said.

The amendments, he said, were “plugged into the original Act in bits and pieces because of which there was a lot of confusion in the Act. There’s a lot of grey area. There was a lot of redundancy”. Hence, a “new principal” act has been proposed to remove the confusion and redundancies that exist, Naidu said.

The proposed bill will also ensure that the civil aviation rules and guidelines are in sync with standards and practices recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines, he added.

“I would like to oppose the introduction of the bill…The name of the original bill was Aircraft Bill 1934. The title of the bill was in English. The contents of the bill are also in English. Now, the government wishes to change the nomenclature of the title of the bill. But the contents of the bill are in English…The aircraft bill is to be amended as Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024. For people from the southern part of India, it is very difficult even to pronounce it. What is the logical reason why this is being changed?”

The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024, seeks to “repeal and re-enact” the Aircraft Act, 1934, according to the text of the bill. It empowers the central government to make rules regulating the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export or import of any aircraft or class of aircraft and to secure the safety of aircraft operations. It also empowers the government to make rules to investigate any accident or incident; prevent dangers to public health arising from the introduction or spread of any infectious or contagious disease; and demolish buildings or structures or cut trees within a specific distance of the aerodrome.

The bill does not propose the creation of any new body that would result in additional financial implications. Existing bodies such as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), 

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