With the government slightly in doldrums how to perk up economy
of the country, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recommended the
government to privatizing six airports -- Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar,
Indore, Raipur and Trichy.
This recommendation comes in the wake when the central government has already privatised airports like Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operation, management and development through PPP model in February 2019.
The call was taken by the AAI in its board meeting on September 5. Once the board took this decision, the recommendation was sent to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The AAI, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country.
In February this year, in the first round of airport privatisation, the Adani Group bagged contract for all six airports by winning the bids with huge margins. The AAI had chosen the winner on the basis of the "per-passenger fee" offered by the bidders.
The central deputation tenure of R S Bhatti (BH:1990:IPS) was
on Tuesday extended for a period ending 31.01.2019 w.e.f. 21.10.2019.
Presently, he is CVO, Airports Authority of India.
With the government slightly in doldrums how to perk up economy
of the country, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recommended the
government to privatizing six airports -- Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar,
Indore, Raipur and Trichy.
This recommendation comes in the wake when the central government has already privatised airports like Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operation, management and development through PPP model in February 2019.
The call was taken by the AAI in its board meeting on September 5. Once the board took this decision, the recommendation was sent to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The AAI, which works under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country.
In February this year, in the first round of airport privatisation, the Adani Group bagged contract for all six airports by winning the bids with huge margins. The AAI had chosen the winner on the basis of the "per-passenger fee" offered by the bidders.
The central deputation tenure of R S Bhatti (BH:1990:IPS) was
on Tuesday extended for a period ending 31.01.2019 w.e.f. 21.10.2019.
Presently, he is CVO, Airports Authority of India.
Arvind Singh (IAS:1988:MH) has taken charge as the Chairman
of the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The AAI, under the Ministry of Civil
Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country. Prior to his
appointment at Centre Singh served as Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) of
Maharashtra government. He also worked as CMD of Maharashtra State Power
Generation Company Ltd and Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company
Ltd. In his new assignment as the Chairman of the AAI, Singh will lead efforts
to achieve AAI’s organisational goals of providing world-class airport
infrastructure,top-of-the-line facilities and leading air navigation services
in the world.
It
is not only railways that are under privatization drive, the NaMo Government
has also decided to privatise six more airports in the country. They included –
Bhubaneswar, Indore, Trichy, Amritsar, Raipur and Varanasi by January 2020.
A draft cabinet note in this regard proposing to put up airports for sale has been circulated and the Cabinet is likely to approve it by the first week of December. The board of AAI has approved the proposal and sent the proposal to Union finance ministry. But prior to everything, this will be put up for approval after the go-ahead from law ministry.
As Indianmandarins had reported first early morning today the
NaMo administration on Wednesday cleared the appointment and reshuffle of
Additional Secretary level posts. Several 1991 batch IAS officers were posted
as Additional Secretary in Govt of India and various others were elevated
(In-situ) from Joint Secretary to Additional Secretary rank. They are:
The ACC has also approved upgradation of the following officers of 1991 batch on in-situ basis to the level of Additional Secretary (GoI) as a measure personal to them, by temporarily upgrading the posts held by them:
New Delhi: The second edition of
two-day Annual Conference of Top AAI executives was on Thursday inaugurated by AAI
Chairman Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra (IAS). It aimed at apprising the senior
leaders of current business scenario and strategies to achieve corporate plan,
vision and mission.
While addressing the conference Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR) underlined the reforms and changes in Civil Aviation Industry which has projected AAI on a rapid growth trajectory.
The theme for this year’s conference was “Sustainability for Future Operations, in Financial, Operational and Environmental Domainsâ€.
Dr Mohapatra in his keynote address appreciated the performances of Functional heads and Airport heads in improving airport infrastructure and passenger facilities. He also applauded the ongoing sustainability initiatives at airports and encouraged participants to learn from each other’s experiences. In wake of rising air traffic in the country and development of new airports, he encouraged participants to think of newer ways to implement sustainability initiatives, reduce wasteful expenditure, introduce digital transformation and make flying safer for all.
The NaMo administration on Thursday extended the tenure of Anuj Aggarwal, Member (HR) Airports Authority of India for a period ending 28.02.2023 i.e.
till his superannuation. His tenure was supposed to end on 01.12.2019.
J P Alex on Tuesday took charge as Executive Director (Air Traffic Management) at Corporate Headquarters of Airports Authority of India. Prior to this worked as as Executive Director (Operations). Alex joined Civil Aviation Sector in 1985.
He brings with him a vast and varied experience, spanning three decades, especifically in the areas of Air Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management, Aerodrome Design and Planning, Airport Management, Strategic Initiative Unit, Consultancy and Coordination and Airports Operations.
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