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DGCA turns paperless, will offer all licences online by February-end

Civil aviation regulator to launch mobile app for pilots

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The project called e-governance for civil aviation was proposed in the National Civil Aviation Policy of 2017.

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA) will offer all its licensing and approval services online and launch a mobile app for pilots by February end.

The DGCA provides over 200 different types of services which includes issue, validation and renewal of licences, approvals to training schools, maintenance and repair units among others. It certifies and approves airports and issues permits for flight operations. Permissions for carriage of dangerous goods like arms or explosives too are given by the regulator.

While till now all these services involved paperwork and visits to DGCA offices, the civil aviation regulator began digitisation exercise in December

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