Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)

Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Parent Agency - Ministry of Civil Aviation
Logo of Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Regulator overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersOffice of Director General Of Civil Aviation, opp. Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi
28°34′58.56″N 77°12′47.12″E / 28.5829333°N 77.2130889°E / 28.5829333; 77.2130889
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Regulator executive
  • Vikram Dev Dutt, IAS[1], Director General
  • D.C. Sharma, JDG
  • M.T. Bokade, JDG
  • Bharat Bhushan, JDG
  • Tuhinanshu Sharma, JDG
  • R S Jamwal, Director(Operations)
Parent departmentMinistry of Civil Aviation (India)
Parent RegulatorMinistry of Civil Aviation (India)
Websitedgca.gov.in

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is a statutory body of the Government of India to regulate civil aviation in India. It became a statutory body under the Aircraft (Amendment) Act, 2020. The DGCA investigates aviation accidents and incidents,[2] 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 Aurobindo Marg, opposite Safdarjung Airport, in New Delhi.[3] 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).[4]

  1. ^ "arun-kumar-appointed-as-dgca-chief". firstpost. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ [1] [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "[2]." Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 9 June 2009. "Aurbindo Marg, Opp. Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi 110 003, INDIA "
  4. ^ "Aviation Ministry moots to replace DGCA with a Super-regulator". India Today. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.