At the instance of the Prime Minister's Office, "a special drive was undertaken to weed out the old files and records ... 12,977 files have been reviewed, 3,839 files have been recorded and 9,146 files have been weeded out," Civil Aviation Ministry Joint Secretary G Asok Kumar told reporters here.
No details were, however, available on the nature of files destroyed by the Ministry.
Modi government's cleanliness drive also saw 11,000 files of the Union Home Ministry being disposed of in July, a move which led to a row in Parliament with Opposition alleging that those destroyed included historic files.
"To spruce up and improve the buildings and workplaces of the offices at the behest of Prime Minister, workplace managers at the level of Directors/Deputy Secretaries have been appointed to carry out inspection in the Ministry on a rotational basis every week," the officer said.
While DGCA had cancelled 156 regulations and circulars, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has also identified 160 circulars for repeal, Kumar said.