Ministry of Civil Aviation Current Affairs, GK & News
Government seeks parliament nod for additional spending
On 20th July, Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India, sought the nod of the Indian Parliament so as to spend an additional Rs 23,675 crore in the current financial year including Rs 17,000 crore for the Health Ministry. Highlights To meet the various issues related to Covid and for other health preparedness, Rs 16,463 ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Additional grant • COVID-19 • Department of Pharmaceuticals • Finance Minister of India • Finance Ministry • Food and Public Distribution • Ministry of Civil Aviation • Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Central Mine Planning and Design Institute gets Drone Use Permission
The Ministry of Civil Aviation recently granted permission to the Central Mine Planning Design Institute to survey the coal field areas of Coal India Limited. According to the permission granted, the drones shall be deployed to monitor the mapping and surveying activity, inspection of coalfield. This is a conditional exemption and is valid till April ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Central Mine Planning Design Institute Design Institute • Coal India Limited • Coal India Limited (CIL) • Ministry of Civil Aviation • Navratna • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) • Unmanned aerial vehicles
Agri Ministry to use Drones to support PMFBY
The agriculture ministry was allowed to use drones for the purpose of remote sensing data collection under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). Highlights The conditional permission was granted to use the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The RPAS will be used by ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Crop insurance scheme • Drones • Ministry of Civil Aviation • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana • Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) • Use of Drones in Agriculture
26 more Green Zone sites for Drones approved
The central government has recently given the approval for 26 more green zone site for drones. Highlights The approval was given in the light of facilitating the operations by No-Permission-No-Take-off (NPNT) compliant drones. The approval was given by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Defence. The ministry has also given its nod for ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Defence Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Delivery Drones • Drones • Green Zone sites for Drones • Ministry of Civil Aviation • No-Permission-No-Take-off (NPNT)
What are the features of RCS- UDAN 4.0?
Under the fourth version of the government’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN 4.0, a total of 78 additional routes have been approved by the aviation ministry. It will further boost regional connectivity in remote areas of the country. Features The prime focus of the latest round will be on the North Eastern Region, states with hilly ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: 4th Round of UDAN • Flight • Helicopters • Ministry of Civil Aviation • UDAN-RCS • Ude desh ka aam nagrik