Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu chairs Consultative Committee of Civil Aviation in Mysuru

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation met today in Mysuru, Karnataka. The meeting was chaired by Union Minister for Civil Aviation,Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, in the presence of Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation, Shri Murlidhar Mohol.

Members of Parliament Shri Gopal Jee Thakur (Darbhanga, Bihar); Shri Anup Sanjay Dhotre (Akola, Maharashtra); Ms. Sayani Ghosh (Jadavpur, West Bengal); Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa (Kaziranga, Assam); Dr. M. Dhanapal (Rajya Sabha, Tamil Nadu) and Shri Ramrao Sakharam Wadkute (Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra), along with the Mysore MP Shri Yaduveer Chamaraja Wadiyar attended the meeting.

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation met outside Delhi for the first time since 2017, under the leadership of Minister Shri Ram Mohan Naidu, reflecting the Government’s approach of taking discussions closer to the regions. At today’s meeting in Mysuru, the Committee discussed the Next Phase of UDAN, reforms in the Flying Training Organisation (FTO) ecosystem and the transformation of the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA).

Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Samir Kumar Sinha; Director General, DGCA, Vir Vikram Yadav; Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Vipin Kumar; Director General, BCAS, Rajesh Nirwan; and other senior officials were present to brief the MPs. Minister appreciated the valuable suggestions of the Members and assured that these would be duly considered while taking forward the initiatives for the continued growth and development of the civil aviation sector.(UPDATED ON 21ST AUGUST 2026)