The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 09.08.2024 and by Rajya Sabha on 05.12.2024.
As per the Central Government, the 1st day of January, 2025 the provisions of the said Act, shall come into force.
This legislative reform aimed at modernizing India’s aviation sector by re-enacting the Aircraft Act, 1934, in alignment with the contemporary needs and the global standards.
The Act provides for the regulation and control of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export and import of aircraft and connected matters.
The legislation also removed redundancies and replace the Aircraft Act, 1934, which has been amended 21 times.