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REPORT NO. 203

DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE

TWO HUNDRED THIRD REPORT Privatization of Services at Airports

(Presented to the Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 20th November, 2013) (Presented to the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 20th November, 2013)

(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 17th December, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 17th December, 2013)

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PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA

DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE

TWO HUNDRED THIRD REPORT

Privatization of Services at Airports

(Presented to the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 20th November, 2013) (Presented to the Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 20th November, 2013)

(Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 17th December, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on 17th December, 2013)

Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi November, 2013/Kartika, 1935 (Saka)

CONTENTS

PAGES

1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ...... (i)-(ii)

2. INTRODUCTION ...... (iii)

3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ...... (iv)

4. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ...... 1—8

5. MINUTES ...... 9—16

6. LIST OF REPORTS ...... 17—32

COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE (2011-12)

1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman

RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Satish Sharma 3. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya 4. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 5. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 6. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha 7. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 8. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley 9. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh ✻10. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera

LOK SABHA 11. Yogi Adityanath 12. Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 13. Shri Subrata Bakshi 14. Shrimati Tabassum Hasan 15. Dr. Mahesh Joshi 16. Shri M. Krishnaswamy 17. Shri G.V. Harsha Kumar @18. Shrimati Ranee Narah 19. Shri Prabodh Panda 20. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 21. Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil 22. Shri Nilesh N. Rane @23. Shri K.J. S.P. Reddy 24. Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy 25. Shri Dushyant Singh 26. Shri Rakesh Singh 27. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 28. Shri K. Sudhakaran 29. Shri Dinesh Trivedi *30. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari #31. Shri Madan Lal Sharma

✻ Nominated on 12th February, 2013 vice Shri Thomas Sangma. @ Ceased to be a Member of the Committee consequent upon his/her inclusion in the Council of Ministers w.e.f. 28th October, 2012. * Nominated on 14th December, 2012 vice Shri Khagen Das. # Nominated on 9th January, 2013 vice Dr. Kruparani Killi, who ceased to be a Member of the Committee consequent upon her inclusion in the Council of Ministers w.e.f. 28th October, 2012.

(i) COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE (2013-14)

1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman

RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 3. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh 4. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 5. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya 6. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha 7. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 8. Shri Satish Sharma 9. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 10. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley

LOK SABHA 11. Yogi Adityanath 12. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 13. Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 14. Shri Subrata Bakshi 15. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary 16. Shrimati Tabassum Hasan 17. Dr. Mahesh Joshi 18. Shri M. Krishnaswamy 19. Shri G.V. Harsha Kumar 20. Shri S. Pakkirappa 21. Shri Prabodh Panda 22. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 23. Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Patil 24. Shri Nilesh N. Rane 25. Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy 26. Shri Madan Lal Sharma 27. Shri Dushyant Singh 28. Shri Rakesh Singh 29. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 30. Shri K. Sudhakaran 31. Shri Dinesh Trivedi

SECRETARIAT Shri N.K. Singh, Joint Secretary Shri Swarabji B., Joint Director Dr. (Shrimati) Subhashree Panigrahi, Joint Director Shrimati A.S. Chakravani, Assistant Director Shri T. Kennedy Jesudossan, Committee Officer Shri P.P. Raumon, Committee Officer

(ii) INTRODUCTION

I, the Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, do hereby present on its behalf this Two Hundred Third Report on ‘Privatization of services at Airports’. 2. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture had gone into various issues relating to financing plan of airports as recommended by the Task Force constituted by the Planning Commission on financing plan of airports during the Twelfth Five Year Plan. 3. Apart from the representatives of Planning Commission, the Committee also heard those from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The Committee also heard the views of Chairman, Airports Authority of India and Airports Authority Employees’ Union in its meetings held on 24th June and 9th October, 2013 respectively. 4. The Committee expresses its gratitude to the officers of Ministry of Civil Aviation, Planning Commission, Airports Authority of India, International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Authority Employees’ Union for their cooperation in furnishing the required information and feedback in connection with the examination of the subject. 5. The Committee considered and adopted the Report in its meeting held on the 31st October, 2013.

SITARAM YECHURY NEW DELHI; Chairman, October, 31st, 2013 Department-related Parliamentary Standing Kartika 9, 1935 (Saka) Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

(iii) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAI – Airports Authority of India ADF – Airport Development Fee ADSS – Automatic Dependence Surveillance System ATF – Aviation Turbine Fuel ATMS – Air Traffic Management Services CNS – Communication, Navigation and Surveillance CoI – Committee on Infrastructure GAGAN – GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation GPS – Global Positioning System ILS – Instrument Landing System IMG – Inter-Ministerial Group ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization MCA – Model Concession Agreement MoCA – Ministry of Civil Aviation OMDA – Operation, Management and Development Agreement PBN – Performance Based Navigation PPP – Public Private Partnership UDF – User Development Fee VHF – Very High Frequency VOR – Very High frequency Omni directional Radio range

(iv) 1

REPORT

Introduction Airports Authority of India (AAI) manages a total of 125 Airports, which include 16 International Airports, 08 Customs Airports, 81 Domestic Airports and 25 Civil Enclaves at Defence Airfields. Besides, AAI has entered into Joint Ventures to develop and operate Greenfield Airports of the world standards at Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Nagpur. 2. AAI is the sole provider of Air Navigation Services over entire Indian Air Space and adjoining oceanic areas with ground installations at all Airports and 25 other locations to ensure safety of Aircraft operations. All major air-routes over Indian landmass are Radar covered along with VOR/DVOR coverage co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment. 52 runways are provided with ILS installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these Airports and Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports. 3. AAI’s successful implementation of Automatic Dependence Surveillance System (ADSS), using indigenous technology, at Calcutta and chennai Air Traffic Control Centres, gave ‘India the distinction of being the first country to use this advanced technology in the South East Asian region thus enabling effective Air Traffic Control over oceanic areas using satellite mode of communication’. Use of remote controlled VHF coverage, along with satellite communication links, has given added strength to our ATMS. Linking of 80 locations by V-Sat installations shall vastly enhance Air Traffic Management and in turn safety of aircraft operations besides enabling administrative and operational control over our extensive Airport network. Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures have already been implemented at Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad Airports and are likely to be implemented at other Airports in phased manner. 4. AAI has undertaken GAGAN project in technological collaboration with Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO), where the satellite based system will be used for navigation. The navigation signals thus received from the GPS will be augmented to achieve the navigational requirement of aircrafts. First Phase of technology demonstration system has already been successfully completed in February 2008. Development team has been geared up to upgrade the system in operational phase. 5. AAI had undertaken modernization and development of the Metro airports at Chennai and Kolkata at the cost of Rs.2,015 crores and Rs.2,325 crores respectively, in addition to several non- metro airports spread across the country. While the modernization and expansion of these two Metro airports have been completed, some more airports are expected to be completed by December, 2014. These airports have just been modernized by Airport Authority of India (AAI) after investing a huge amount of public money. 6. AAI, thus, basically has not only been developing and upgrading most of the Airports in the country, it also has been running and managing the airports aside from providing most important service - CNS and ATMs services to all the airports including major and Greenfield airports. 7. Total airport services include city side services, services at terminal building and air side services. City side services comprises of car parking, hospitality, passenger facilitation, commercial utilization of surplus land, etc. Services in terminal building primarily relate with passenger facilitation, check-in, security and other amenities provided to them. Apron and runway maintenance, fire services, supply of ATF and ground handling are services which are provided at the airside. Revenue generated from airside services and city side services help the airport operators in the country to sustain their business. 2

Task Force - Financing Plan of Airports 8. An inter-ministerial ‘Task Force’ was constituted by the Planning Commission to prepare a report on financing plan of airports during the Twelfth Plan. The Task Force submitted its Report in July 2012 which argues that “due to the inherent constraints of a public sector”, the Airport Authority of India would not be able to operate and manage the Chennai and Kolkata Airports. It had further observed that most of the airports are loss making and unless revenue potential from non-aeronautical services is fully tapped, AAI finances may become unviable. It has recommended for the development and operation of several metro, non-metro, greenfield and non-operational airports primarily with private participation as the AAI finances are limited and there is need to tap revenue potential from ‘non-aeronautical services’. Since these airports would need huge investment, which AAI may not be able to mobilize. Hence, the private participation may be the only way out for better operation and management of the airports in the country. 9. Accordingly, the ‘Task Force’ has made following recommendations in respect of metro, non-metro and non-operational airports:– (i) development and operation of the entire airports including the airside and city side facilities at Chennai and Kolkata airports may be undertaken through PPP on the basis of the existing Model Concession Agreement (MCA) which can be suitably modified as necessary. (ii) Chennai airport could be taken up in the first phase followed by Kolkata airport in the second phase. (iii) it should be ensured that the interests of the employees are not compromised. (iv) development of Greenfield airports at six locations, viz. Navi Mumabi, Goa, Kannur, Chandigarh, Kota and Agra may be undertaken through PPP on the basis of the existing MCA, which may be suitably modified as necessary. (v) development and operation of the non-operational airports at Jharsuguda (Odisha), Warangal (AP), Chakulia (Jharkhand), Raxual (Bihar), Rupasi (Assam) and at 27 other airports may be taken up through PPP. (vi) development of airports at Vellore (Tamilnadu), Chakeri (Kanpur), Nadirgual (Andhra Pradesh) and Deesa (Gujarat) may also be taken up through PPP for activities like aero sports, flying clubs as well as training centres for security and fire-fighting. (vii) an Inter-Ministerial Group under the Chairmanship of Secretary, MoCA including Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Secretary, Planning Commission and Chairman, AAI or their representatives not below the rank of Additional Secretary may be constituted to prepare a blueprint for execution of this Plan. 10. When the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture came to learn about this Report, it decided to look into various issues relating to financing plan of airports.

MoCA on Task Force Recommendations 11. When asked about its stand on the recommendation of the said Task Force on financing plan of airports, the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed the Committee that pursuant to the recommendation of the Task Force, an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) was constituted on the 7th January, 2013 to structure, review and monitor the implementation of financing plan for Airports. The first meeting of the IMG was held on 27th February, 2013. Airports Authority of India 3 is in the process of finalizing the plan for execution of these projects under PPP. Based on the discussions in the IMG and recommendations of the Task Force, Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided the following: (i) To give away Operation, Management and Development of these airports in phases under the PPP model on the basis of existing Model Concession Agreement (MCA) with suitable modifications as required. (ii) Chennai and Kolkata airports as well Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati airports have been identified for this purpose by the Government. While Chennai airport will be transferred in the first phase, Kolkata airport would be transferred in the second phase. (iii) In addition to these six airports, Government has also identified five other airports, namely, Bhubaneshwar, Amritsar, Udaipur, Gaya and Khajuraho (in 1st phase) and Coimbatore, Trichy, Varanasi, Tuticorin, Pantnagar and Puducherry (in 2nd phase). (iv) Regarding the development of non-operational airports to provide regional connectivity in tier-II and tier-III cities in the country, Government has got a study conducted by M/s Deloite. Based on this study report, Airports Authority of India had been requested to visit the airports/airstrips starting from 1st June, 2013 onwards to assess all aspects of development of these airports and submit the pre-feasibility report to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).

Deliberation with the Committee 12. The Committee heard the views of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Planning Commission in its meeting held on the 24th June, 2013. 13. When the Committee asked about the rationale behind the proposal to give the entire management and operation of Chennai and Kolkata airports under PPP, both the airside as well as the city side facilities, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation argued that AAI is not able to put the commercial areas to use in these airports. The terminal buildings are ready but the entire commercial space is lying vacant. Secondly, the AAI themselves have been finding it difficult to manage such huge airports which they have never done before. 14. It was further argued that at present, the Airports Authority of India was engaging different private companies to carry out different works/services at the airports throughout the country. As per the new PPP proposal, the concessionaire will consolidate all the works/services at these airports under one entity and will run it more efficiently. 15. Arguing that AAI would be better placed under PPP, Secretary informed the Committee that privatization of Delhi and Mumbai airports had helped AAI to garner unprecedented resources. For example, the total revenue generation of AAI was Rs.6,826 crores for the year 2012-13, out of which the contribution from Delhi and Mumbai airports was to the extent of Rs.2,100 crores. 16. When questioned about implementing these proposals without amending the Airports Authority of India Act, it was informed that Section 12A of the AAI Act which was specially introduced to facilitate the PPP mode of development of Delhi and Mumbai airports, will be able to take care of the current proposal for other airports. 17. When asked about the very high UDF and ADF levied by the private airport developers/ operators of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, the representative of Planning Commission informed that they had opposed the contractual terms of the OMDA of the Delhi airport in 2005, but the Government did not agree to it which ultimately resulted in charging of higher User 4

Development Fee by the Delhi airport. A copy of the said letter was handed over to the Committee to which, the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation who was present in the meeting, feigned complete ignorance. He, however, assured that he will check the facts and inform the Committee as to why the objections raised by the Planning Commission were not considered by the Government. Subsequently, even after being reminded by the Committee, the Ministry did not furnish any information in this regard. 18. The Committee would like to make a reference to an earlier Report of Task Force set up in July, 2006 by the Planning Commission on Financing Plan for Airports. Relevant portion of an important recommendation in respect of development of terminals of airports is reproduced below: “…The Task Force recommended that the city-side development be undertaken by PPPs while the terminal and airside development assigned to AAI, keeping open the possibility of PPPs in selected airports. The possibility of developing select non-Metro airports through wholly owned subsidiaries of AAI would also be explored”. 19. The Committee noted the observations contained in Report of the latest Task Force submitted in July 2012 on Financing Plan for Airports, which is reproduced below: “…the potential for non-aeronautical revenues from car parking, cargo facilities, hotels, passenger amenities, shopping etc. cannot be fully harnessed by AAI due to the inherent constraints of a public sector entity. The anticipated shortfall in non-aeronautical revenues is bound to lead to higher passenger and aeronautical charges…….The Task Force recommends that the operation and maintenance of the entire airports, including air side and city side facilities at Chennai and Kolkata airports may be awarded to the private sector through a PPP Concession”. 20. It may be pointed out that there is disturbing dichotomy in the position taken by the Task Force in 2006 and the one taken by Task Force in 2012 inasmuch as earlier air side and terminal building services were left to be handled by AAI, whereas in 2012 these services are also being given under PPP. When asked about the different positions taken on the same issue in its reports submitted in 2006 and 2012, the representatives of Ministry of Civil Aviation as well as of Planning Commission could not give any convincing and authentic comment/explanation to this. 21. The IATA representative informed the Committee that there is a need for expansion and development of airport infrastructure in India in view of the vast potential for growth in aviation sector, for which, large capital investment is required, and which could be partly mobilized from the private sector. However, in the case of Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati airports, the need for private sector funding is not obvious choice since these airports have just been modernized and upgraded with full funding provided by AAI. Therefore, decision to hand over these newly-built airports with public funding to private people for running raises serious doubt in one’s mind that too on a very misplaced and specious argument that AAI does not have adequate administrative and financial capabilities required for operating these airports in professional manner. The Committee feels that such an attempt involving private shareholding will certainly focus on profit-maximization which would result in highly increased cost to the users i.e. passenger, airlines and other users of the airports. 22. The IATA representative further informed the Committee that cost of capital is always higher in the private sector and, therefore, where public funding is available, privatization should not be resorted to. Where the issue pertains to availability of management expertise, it can be achieved without privatization. Privatization of a public utility such as an airport would certainly result in a failure to provide a cost-effective and affordable service to the users. Mechanisms to incentivize cost efficiency and continuous improvements must be built - into it from the outset. The 5 desired aim should be to drive down the charges levied on airlines and passengers, thus producing a conducive cost environment for traffic growth which will benefit all stakeholders including the airport. 23. The Committee heard the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Airports Authority of India and the Planning Commission on the issue of privatization of services in our airports. The Committee studied the report of the Task Force of the Planning Commission submitted in July, 2012. It also studied the earlier Task Force Reports of the Planning Commission submitted in the year 2006. After having considered the views of the Ministry, AAI and the Planning Commission and having studied both the reports of the Task Force mentioned above, the conclusions arrived at along with its observations/recommendations are as follows:

Observations/recommendations of the Committee 24. Initially, when Delhi and Mumbai airports were restructured under PPP mode in 2005, it was decided at the level of the Prime Minister that Chennai and Kolkata airports will not be privatized. A tripartite agreement was also signed between AAI, the Employees Union and the Government to that effect. It was also decided by COI headed by the Prime Minister himself way back in 2006, that the services on the air side and in the terminal building would be assigned to AAI only; it would not be given to private people. The Ministry could not give a convincing explanation as to (i) how can these two airports be given under PPP now; and (ii) how can the services on air side and in terminal building be given to the private people. Therefore, the Model Concession Agreement, the Committee feels, cannot be amended to assign the services on airside and in terminal building to the private people as contended by the Ministry/Planning Commission. It is strange that within six years the perception of the Task Force has changed and it has come to an opposite conclusion and the decision of the COI is also given a go by. No reasons have been for taking contradictory stand on this issue by the Planning Commission/Ministry. 25. The Committee does not agree with the Task Force/Ministry that potential for ‘non- aeronautical revenues’ from car parking, cargo facilities, hotels, passenger amenities, shopping etc. “cannot be fully harnessed by AAI due to its inherent constraints”. But the Committee was neither informed specifically about those constraints, nor about the efforts, if any, made by the Government to enable AAI to overcome them. The Ministry of Civil Aviation did not have convincing answers for these queries raised by the Committee. Even the Task Force report itself has acknowledged the development of 35 non metro airports by AAI during the Eleventh Plan, of which, development of 27 airports has been completed with the investment of Rs.4565 crores (upto March 2012) and the development work of remaining airports is in progress. Thus, Airport Authority of India has just shown its ability to modernize and operate 35 airports, of which several airports including Kolkata and Chennai Airports are the profit making ones. The Government has invested thousands of crores for modernizing these airports and unfortunately, now it is proposed to hand them over to private people. The Committee feels that instead of privatizing these airports, their management can be retained by AAI and a subsidiary of AAI or a Special Purpose Vehicle can be formed to acquire the necessary expertise in managing those airports. 26. During the deliberations the Committee was informed that privatization of Delhi and Mumbai Airports helped the Airports Authority of India to garner a lot of resources which was not possible otherwise. The Committee does not accept this argument. While arguing repeatedly in favour of privatization having been beneficial to AAI, the Government conveniently tries to overlook the fact that if the AAI had been allowed to run Delhi and Mumbai airports by itself, the magnitude of their earnings would have been much higher. 6

The Committee feels that Model Concession Agreement signed at the time of privatization of airports at Delhi and Mumbai allowed the private airport operators to generate huge revenue with minimum investment. 27. The Committee, therefore, recommends that at the first instance AAI be allowed to operate the airports at Chennai and Kolkata and other non-metro airports for a few years. When asked whether AAI is incapable of managing the newly modernized airports, the Chairman, AAI stated that there were certain issues and these are being resolved but nowhere did he say or accept that AAI is incapable of carrying out this responsibility. The Secretary of the Civil Aviation, however, tried to argue that the AAI will not be able to do the job, almost toeing the line taken by the Task Force of the Planning Commission in this regard. 28. The Committee is of the view that efficiency of AAI and constraints, if any, can be assessed precisely only after they are allowed to manage and run/operate these airports themselves. An agency which has been managing our airports till now may not become inefficient just one fine morning. Such a decision is based on presumptive conclusions that AAI does not have the expertise, that it will not be able to mobilize required resources, that it will not be able to manage non-aeronautical services and that it will not be able to manage so many agencies by itself. It appears that the decision to give the airports under PPP has been taken merely on fallacious conclusions based merely on assumptions, with no concrete bases. 29. The Committee is dismayed that instead of strengthening AAI by giving it much needed financial and administrative autonomy to enable it to take its own decisions without being influenced/advised by either the Ministry or the Planning Commission, a decision to give our airports on platter to private parties was taken. The Committee fails to understand the logic behind privatizing all these airports after spending tax payers’ money. The public utilities created by public fund cannot be given to private parties for commercial considerations. 30. The Committee was informed that commercial space in the terminal buildings of both Chennai and Kolkata airports could not be utilized to generate revenue from the available huge space in terminal buildings. Entire blame for this has been laid on the Airports Authority of India and the Ministry had nothing to show about the efforts made by itself to help Airports Authority of India. It appears that AAI is being made a scapegoat in this regard. The Committee feels that it was due to negligence more on the part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation than the AAI. 31. The Committee notes the argument that large number of sub-optimal service contracts being awarded by AAI could also be eliminated if the operation and maintenance of the entire airport is granted to a single PPP concessionaire. The Committee fails to understand why AAI itself cannot be allowed to adopt a ‘single-agency model’ which the Ministry/Planning Commission is visualizing under the PPP mode. Even in the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, services including commercial operations in the terminal buildings have been given to several agencies. The Committee, therefore, does not agree with the contention of the Planning Commission/Ministry in this regard. 32. The private players in airport infrastructure sector are using entirely the money borrowed from Indian Financial Institutions. The Committee is at a loss to see that the Government generally does not allow the AAI to issue tax free bonds for mobilizing project finance and sanction of grants for funding of non-viable small airports. AAI’s finances are highly constrained due to huge pending dues from various airlines, particularly Air India. 7

The Committee would like to know the steps taken by Government to recover such dues from private players so far. 33. The Committee finds it strange that AAI is now being forced to build, operate and manage smaller and non-metro airports which are loss-making. Thus, with the metro and other profit-making airports going to private people, AAI will be left with economically unviable ones. Earlier, Airports Authority of India was in a position to off-set the losses of non-metro airports by revenue earned from metro airports through cross-subsidy. The Committee fails to understand how the AAI will be able to carry out its mandate with the depleted resources. Other lucrative activities of AAI are being taken out and being given to a separate corporation. 34. The Committee is of the view that construction, operation and maintenance of airports should remain with Airports Authority of India. It should be empowered to take decisions to generate resources rather than handing over the core activities of the airports newly constructed with public money to the private players. 35. The Committee is surprised to see the unusual haste being shown in the process of privatization right from the constitution of Task Force, constitution of three Inter- Ministerial Groups (IMGs) one after another, placing the matter before Cabinet and obtaining its clearance, process of pre-bidding, etc. The Committee also was not given a final view regarding whether the existing Section 12A of Airports Authority Act and the relevant Rules/Regulations do adequately and clearly provide for allowing all the services – airside, terminal building and city side to private parties. The Committee would like to have clear opinion of the Law Ministry in this regard. 36. The Committee expresses its concern about the fate of employees of both Chennai (1050) and Kolkata (1200) airports, after they are put under PPP. The Committee would like to remind the Ministry and the Planning Commission the poor handling of employee related issues after the airports in Delhi and Mumbai were privatized. Employees in these airports had to undergo tough times and ultimately, most of them either had to take voluntary retirement or were transferred to remote locations where they did not have any work and the AAI had to pay them full salaries and allowances. The private parties generally try to stall the absorption of existing employees with them even if they are required to do so under the agreement. The Committee feels that same thing is going to be repeated this time as well. The Committee, therefore, strongly recommends that the fate of the existing employees needs to be tackled first at both the airports before taking any step in this regard. 37. By giving away more and more airports to the private sector on long term transfer (it has been proposed to give these airports on 60 year long-term lease) for management and operations, the role of private sector will increase and the airports will be controlled by only private companies leading to a situation where there will be private sector monopoly and a strong public sector will be sacrificed. AAI will end up in managing only the loss making airports and other non-operational airports and also airports in remote areas which are being considered for development at present for improving air connectivity to remote areas and tourist destinations, medical tourism, etc. 38. The Committee would like to remind the Ministry that India is a vast country and its civil aviation sector is growing fast. Large parts of the country need to be connected by air for which we need modern airports, and AAI is the agency which has to undertake this mammoth task. The Committee feels that by cutting AAI into size or shrinking its area of operation, the Government of India is not facilitating the national task of air connectivity to the length and breadth of the country. 8

39. The Government should address these issues before embarking on the process of operation and management of these airports through PPP mode. 40. Even if it is a question of bringing in external management expertise to augment the internal expertise of AAI in managing these airports, this could be achieved even without leasing out these newly-built airports to the private sector. A better way to achieve efficiencies in operations can be through awarding a ‘management contract’ to an entity with expertise in this domain by the AAI itself. 41. The Committee feels that the PPP model has its own pitfalls. We have seen in development of national highways that due to poor margins in road projects, concessionaires are abandoning the projects in the recent years as toll collection did not turn out as per their expectations. The private airports developers, we have seen, no doubt gave world class facilities but at a prohibitive cost to the passengers. These are not being run as for public service. The Committee feels that they tend to increase user fees, as they have done in the past, on the pretext that operations in the terminals and city side areas are not profitable. The Committee is of the considered opinion that our people need good facilities at airports but not which are unaffordable. It could be done by a public owned body and not by private agencies. In fact, motto of AAI is to develop and provide affordable facilities to the people. 42. In view of what has been mentioned above, the Committee recommends that AAI may be permitted to manage and operate all its airports, including the loss-making ones, with a rider that there should be time bound delivery of world class passenger services in a more efficient and transparent manner, matching with those being rendered by private airport operators. 9

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XIV FOURTEENTH MEETING

The Committee met at 3.30 P.M. on Monday, the 24th June, 2013 in Committee Room B, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi.

MEMBERS PRESENT 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman

RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 3. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 4. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha

LOK SABHA 5. Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 6. Shri Prabodh Panda 7. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 8. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 9. Shri K. Sudhakaran 10. Shri Dinesh Trivedi

MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION 1. Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Secretary 2. Shri S. Machendranathan, Special Secretary & F.A. 3. Shri Anil Srivastava, Joint Secretary 4. Shri L. Rajasekhar Reddy, Director 5. Shri Balmiki Prasad, Director DIRECTORATE-GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION 1. Shri Arun Mishra, Director-General AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA 1. Shri V.P. Agrawal, Chairman 2 Shri S. Suresh, Member (Fin.) 3. Shri S. Raheja, Member (Plg.) 4. Shri G.K. Chaukiyal, Member (Ops.)

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5. Shri V. Somasundaram, Member (ANS) 6. Shri M.C. Kishore, ED (CA) and CS 7. Shri Anuj Aggarwal, Regional Director PLANNING COMMISSION 1. Shri Gajendra Haldea, Advisor to Deputy Chairman 2. Shri Ravi Mital, Adviser (Infrastructure) 3. Smt. Namita Mehrotra, Director 2. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the Members of the Committee and also the Secretary and other officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Thereafter, the Committee discussed the issues arising out of an attempt to run the Chennai and Kolkata Airports on PPP mode. The Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Chairman, Airports Authority of India outlined the proposal of Ministry in this regard and replied to the queries raised by Chairman of the Committee. Members also raised queries that were replied. 3. After the discussion with the Ministry of Civil Aviation was over, the Committee also heard the Advisor, Planning Commission, on the ‘Task Force Report on the Financial Plan of Airports’ of the Planning Commission. The Advisor, Planning Commission explained to the Committee various aspects of the issue, the stands taken by the Planning Commission and the reasons behind it. The Committee also proposed to make a detailed interaction with Planning Commission later, on all the issues related to the Civil Aviation, National Highways and the Shipping Sectors in a separate meeting.

4. The meeting adjourned at 5.25 P.M. 13

III THIRD MEETING

The Committee met at 11.30 A.M. on Wednesday, the 9th October, 2013 in Committee Room ‘A’, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi.

MEMBERS PRESENT 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman

RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh

LOK SABHA 3. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 4. Dr. Mahesh Joshi 5. Shri S. Pakkirappa 6. Shri Prabodh Panda 7. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 8. Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy 9. Shri Madan Lal Sharma 10. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 11. Shri K. Sudhakaran 12. Shri Dinesh Trivedi

WITNESSES

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES UNION 1. Shri S.R. Santhanam, President 2. Shri Balraj Singh Ahlawat, General Secretary

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2. At the outset, the Chairman welcomed the Members of the Committee and also the representatives of the above mentioned organisation to the meeting. 3. Members of the Committee raised queries on various issues relating to the Subject to which the stakeholders replied. The Chairman directed them to send written replies for the unanswered questions and other information sought by the Committee. 4. A verbatim record of the proceedings was kept.

5. The meeting adjourned at 1.20 P.M. 15

V FIFTH MEETING

The Committee met at 11.30 A.M. on Tuesday, the 31st October, 2013 in Committee Room ‘A’, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi.

MEMBERS PRESENT 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury — Chairman

RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Kunal Kumar Ghosh 3. Prof. Alka Balram Kshatriya 4. Shri Aayanur Manjunatha

LOK SABHA 5. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6. Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi 7. Dr. Mahesh Joshi 8. Shri M. Krishnaswamy 9. Shri Deoraj Singh Patel 10. Shri Shatrughan Sinha 11. Shri Dinesh Trivedi

2. The Chairman welcomed the Members of the Committee and requested them to offer their comments/suggestions on the draft 202nd and 203rd Reports on the ‘Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013’ and ‘Privatization of services at Airports’ respectively circulated to them. After some discussions, the Committee adopted the Report on the Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Bill, 2013 without any change and Privatization of services at Airports with some additions.

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4. * * * 5. The Committee decided to hold its meeting on 21st November, 2013.

6. The meeting adjourned at 12.15 P.M.

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LIST OF REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TOURISM AND CULTURE

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1. 1 Demands for Grants, 1993-94 Department of 30.4.1993 Tourism

2. 2 Government Policy on Private Air Taxi 17.8.1993 Operation and Matters connected therewith

3. 3 Inland Waterways Authority of India 08.12.1993 (Amendment), Bill, 1992

4. 4 Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings 08.12.1993 and Repeal) Bill, 1992

5. 5 The Airports Authority of India Bill, 1993 16.3.1994

6. 6 The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill, 1993 19.4.1994

7. 7 The Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against 19.4.1994 Safety of Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill, 1993

8. 8 Demands for Grants (1994-95) of Department 21.4.1994 of Tourism

9. 9 Demands for Grants (1994-95) of Ministry of 22.4.1994 Civil Aviation

10. 10 Demands for Grants (1994-95) of Ministry of 25.4.1994 Surface Transport

11. 11 Merger of Vayudoot with Indian Airlines 24.8.1994

12. 12 Development of Tourism and Transport in 20.3.1995 North East

13. 13 National Highway System 25.4.1995

14. 14 Demands for Grants (1995-96) of Department 26.4.1995 of Tourism

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15. 15 Demands for Grants (1995-96) of Department 26.4.1995 of Civil Aviation

16. 16 Demands for Grants (1995-96) of Ministry of 10.5.1995 Surface Transport

17. 17 National Highways (Amendment) Bill, 1995 26.5.1995

18. 18 Inland Waterways 25.8.1995

19. 19 Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) 04.12.1995 (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Bill, 1995

20. 20 Privatisation Policy in regard to Major Ports 28.2.1996

21. 21 Seamen’s Provident Fund (Amendment) 28.2.1996 Bill, 1995

22. 22 Civil Enclaves in Defence Airfields 07.3.1996

23. 23 Demands for Grants (1996-97) of Department 27.8.1996 of Tourism

24. 24 Demands for Grants (1996-97) of Ministry of 04.09.1996 Civil Aviation

25. 25 Demands for Grants (1996-97) of Ministry of 09.9.1996 Surface Transport

26. 26 Demands for Grants (1997-98) Department of 15.5.1997 Tourism

27. 27 Demands for Grants (1997-98) of Ministry of 15.5.1997 Civil Aviation

28. 28 Demands for Grants (1997-98) of Ministry 15.5.1997 of Surface Transport

29. 29 Ship-building and Ship-repair Industry in India 24.7.1997

30. 30 Functioning of Indian Airlines and Alliance Air 14.8.1997

31. 31 Demands for Grants of Department of 03.7.1998 Tourism for the year 1998-99

32. 32 Demands for Grants (1998-99) of Ministry of 06.7.1998 Civil Aviation 19

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33. 33 Demands for Grants (1998-99) of Ministry of 06.7.1998 Surface Transport

34. 34 The Merchant Shipping Second (Amendment) 04.12.1998 Bill, 1998

35. 35 Functioning of Air India 08.3.1999

36. 36 Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 1998 04.3.1999

37. 37 Demands for Grants (1999-2000) of Ministry 19.4.1999 of Tourism

38. 38 Demands for Grants of Ministry of Civil 19.4.1999 Aviation for the year 1999-2000

39. 39 Demands for Grants (1999-2000) of Ministry 19.4.1999 of Surface Transport

40. 40 Problems faced by Tourists/Passengers at the 07.3.2000 Airport in the country

41. 41 Demands for Grants (2000-01) of Ministry of 19.4.2000 Tourism

42. 42 Demands for Grants (2000-01) of Ministry of 19.4.2000 Civil Aviation

43. 43 Demands for Grants (2000-01) of the Ministry 19.4.2000 of Surface Transport

44. 44 Disinvestment of Air India 22.8.2000

45. 45 Functioning and Revival of Central Inland 15.12.2000 Water Transport Corporation Ltd.

46. 46 Chartering and Management of flights for Haj 15.12.2000 Pilgrims

47. 47 Functioning of the Department of Lighthouses 23.3.2001 and Lightships

48. 48 Demands for Grants (2001-02) of the 26.4.2001 Department of Tourism

49. 49 Demands for Grants (2001-02) of Department 26.4.2001 of Culture 20

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50. 50 Demands for Grants (2001-02) of Ministry of 26.4.2001 Civil Aviation

51. 51 Demands for Grants (2001-02) of the Ministry 26.4.2001 of Road Transport and Highways

52. 52 Demands for Grants (2001-02) of the Ministry 26.4.2001 of Shipping

53. 53 The Aircraft (exemption from taxes and duties 27.11.2001 on fuel and lubricants) Bill, 2000

54. 54 Function of Border Roads Organisation 12.12.2001

55. 55 Demands for Grants (2002-03), (Demand 24.4.2002 No. 79) of the Department of Tourism

56. 56 Demands for Grants (2002-03), (Demand 24.4.2002 No. 80) of the Department of Culture

57. 57 Demands for Grants (2002-03), (Demand 24.4.2002 No. 77) of the Ministry of Shipping

58. 58 Demands for Grants (2002-03), Demand 24.4.2002 No. 7) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation

59. 59 Demands for Grants (2002-03), (Demand 24.4.2002 No. 76) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

60. 60 Development of Tourism in the country 21.11.2002

61. 61 The Airports Authority of India (Amendment) 21.11.2002 Bill, 2000

62. 62 The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 2001 19.2.2003

63. 63 Action Taken by the Government on the 25.2.2003 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Fifty-Eighth Report on Demands for Grants 2002-03 of Ministry of Civil Aviation

64. 64 Action Taken by the Government on the 25.2.2003 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Fifty-Seventh Report on Demands for Grants 2002-03 of Ministry of Shipping 21

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65. 65 Sale of Centaur Hotel Mumbai Airport 10.03.2003

66. 66 Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand 10.04.2003 No. 91) of Department of Tourism

67. 67 Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand 10.04.2003 No. 76) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

68. 68 Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand 25.04.2003 No. 90) of Department of Culture

69. 69 Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand 25.04.2003 No. 9) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

70. 70 Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand 25.04.2003 No. 83) of Ministry of Shipping

71. 71 The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial 03.12.2003 (Amendment) Bill, 2003

72. 72 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.12.2003 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Sixtieth Report on Development of Tourism in the Country

73. 73 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.12.2003 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Sixty-Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04), (Demand No. 91) of Department of Tourism

74. 74 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.02.2004 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Sixty-Seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

75. 75 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.02.2004 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Seventieth Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Shipping

76. 76 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.02.2004 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Sixty-Eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Culture 22

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77. 77 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.02.2004 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Sixty-Ninth Report on Demands for Grants (2003-04) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

78. 78 Demands for Grants (2004-05), (Demand 18.8.2004 No. 9) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

79. 79 Demands for Grants (2004-05), (Demand 26.8.2004 No. 93) of Ministry of Tourism

80. 80 Demands for Grants (2004-05), (Demand 26.8.2004 No. 20) of Ministry of Culture

81. 81 Demands for Grants (2004-05), (Demand 26.8.2004 No. 86) of Ministry of Shipping

82. 82 Demands for Grants (2004-05), (Demand 26.8.2004 No. 79) of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

83. 83 Eighty-Third Report on functioning of the 06.12.2004 Commission of Railway Safety

84. 84 Demands for Grants (2005-06), (Demand 29.4.2005 No. 86) of Department of Road Transport and Highways

85. 85 Demands for Grants (2005-06), (Demand 29.4.2005 No. 20) of Ministry of Culture

86. 86 Demands for Grants (2005-06), (Demand 29.4.2005 No. 85) of Department of Shipping

87. 87 Demands for Grants (2005-06), (Demand 29.4.2005 No. 93) of Ministry of Tourism

88. 88 Demands for Grants (2005-06), (Demand 29.4.2005 No. 9) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

89. 89 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2004 27.7.2005

90. 90 Development of Airport Sector with Special 23.8.2005 Emphasis on New Modern Airports

91. 91 Functioning of the Archaeological Survey of 25.11.2005 India 23

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92. 92 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Department of Road Transport and Highways

93. 93 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Culture

94. 94 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Department of Shipping

95. 95 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Tourism

96. 96 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Eighth Report on Demands for Grants (2005-06) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

97. 97 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.2.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Ninetieth Report on the ‘Development of Airport Sector with Special Emphasis on New Modern Airports’

98. 98. Action Taken by the Government on the 21.3.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Eighty-Third Report on the ‘Functioning of the Commission of Railway Safety’

99. 99 The Admiralty Bill, 2005 21.3.2006

100. 100 The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Bill, 2005 17.3.2006

101. 101 The Carriage by Road Bill, 2005 21.3.2006 24

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102. 102. Demands for Grants (2006-07), (Demand 22.5.2006 No. 85) of Department of Road Transport and Highways

103. 103. Demands for Grants (2006-07), (Demand 22.5.2006 No. 19) of Department of Culture

104. 104. Demands for Grants (2006-07), (Demand 22.5.2006 No. 92) of Department of Tourism

105. 105. Demands for Grants (2006-07), (Demand 22.5.2006 No. 84) of Department of Shipping

106. 106 Demands for Grants (2006-07), (Demand 22.5.2006 No. 84) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

107. 107 Action Taken by the Government on the 22.5.2006 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its Ninety-First Report on functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India

108. 108 Functioning and Performance of India Tourism 15.12.2006 Development Corporation Limited

109. 109 The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2006 13.3.2007

110. 110 The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2006 20.3.2007

111. 111 Action Taken by the Government on the 14.5.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Second Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Road Transport and Highways

112. 112 Action Taken by the Government on the 14.5.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Third Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Culture

113. 113 Action Taken by the Government on the 14.5.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Tourism 25

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114. 114 Action Taken by the Government on the 14.5.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Department of Shipping

115. 115 Action Taken by the Government on the 14.5.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2006-07) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

116. 116 Demands for Grants (2007-08), (Demand 11.5.2007 No. 9) of Ministry of Civil Aviation

117. 117 Demands for Grants (2007-08), (Demand 14.5.2007 No. 84) of Ministry of Shipping

118. 118 Demands for Grants (2007-08), (Demand 14.5.2007 No. 85) of Department of Road, Transport and Highways

119. 119 Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of 14.5.2007 Tourism

120. 120 Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of 14.5.2007 Culture

121. 121 The National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra Stretch 16.8.2007 of Rivers Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Bill, 2006

122. 122 The National Waterway Kakinada-Pondicherry 16.8.2007 Stretch of Canals and The Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna) Bill, 2006

123. 123 The Seamen’s Provident Fund (Amendment) 05.9.2007 Bill, 2007

124. 124 The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2007 17.10.2007

125. 125 Action Taken by the Government on the 20.11.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Sixteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of Civil Aviation 26

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126. 126 The Action Taken by the Government on the 20.11.2007 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Nineteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the Ministry of Tourism

127. 127 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2008 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of the Department of Road Transport and Highways

128. 128. Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2008 recommendations/observations of The Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventeenth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Department of Shipping

129. 129 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2008 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Twentieth Report on Demands for Grants (2007-08) of Ministry of Culture

130. 130 The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga 04.3.2008 Stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2007

131. 131 Closure of Bangalore and Hyderabad Airports 05.3.2008 and matters related thereto

132. 132 The Indian Maritime University Bill, 2007 17.4.2008

133. 133 The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority 17.4.2008 of India Bill, 2007

134. 134 Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Department 17.4.2008 of Shipping

135. 135 Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Department 28.4.2008 of Road Transport and Highways

136. 136 Demands for Grants (2008-09) of the Ministry 28.4.2008 of Tourism

137. 137 Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Ministry of 28.4.2008 Culture 27

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138. 138 Demands for Grants (2008-09) of Ministry of 28.4.2008 Civil Aviation

139. 139 The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2007 28.4.2008

140. 140 Promotion of Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir 20.8.2008

141. 141 Modernization of Airports 20.8.2008

142. 142 Functioning of Private Airports and the related 23.10.2008 Issues

143. 143 Action Taken by the Government on the 19.12.2008 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-09 of The Department of Shipping

144. 144 Action Taken by the Government on the 19.12.2008 recommendations/observations of The Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-09 of The Department of Road Transport and Highways

145. 145 Action Taken by the Government on the 19.12.2008 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Sixth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-09 of the Ministry of Tourism

146. 146 One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Report on 19.12.2008 Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Seventh Report on Demands for Grants 2008-09 of the Ministry of Culture

147. 147 Action Taken by the Government on the 19.12.2008 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty Eighth Report on Demands for Grants 2008-09 of The Ministry of Civil Aviation

148. 148 The National Highways Authority of India 17.2.2009 (Amendment) Bill, 2008 28

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149. 149 Development of Tourism Infrastructure and 24.2.2009 Amenities for the Commonwealth Games 2010

150. 150 The National Commission for Heritage Sites 23.11.2009 Bill, 2009

151. 151 Merger of Indian Airlines and Air India: Its 03.3.2010 impact on the Civil Aviation Sector (updated on 03 March, 2010)

152. 152 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.3.2010 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Fortieth Report on Promotion of Tourism in Jammu And Kashmir

153. 153 Action Taken by the Government on the 03.3.2010 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Forty-Ninth Report on Development of Tourism Infrastructure and Amenities for the Commonwealth Games 2010

154. 154 Demands for Grants (2010-11) Ministry of 20.4.2010 Tourism

155. 155 Demands for Grants (2010-l1) of Ministry of 20.4.2010 Road Transport and Highways

156. 156 Demands for Grants (2010-11) of Ministry of 22.4.2010 Shipping

157. 157 Demands for Grants (2010-11) of Ministry of 22.4.2010 Culture

158. 158 Demands for Grants (2010-11) of Ministry of 22.4.2010 Civil Aviation

159. 159 Action Taken by the Government on the 06.5.2010 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Thirty-First Report on Closure of Bangalore and Hyderabad Airports; One Hundred and Forty-First Report on Modernisation of Airports; and One Hundred and Forty Second Report on Functioning of Private Airports 29

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160. 160 The National Road Safety and Traffic 28.7.2010 Management Board Bill, 2010

161. 161 The Anti-Hijacking (Amendment) Bill, 2010 01.3.2011

162. 162 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2011 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty-Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Tourism

163. 163 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2011 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty-Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

164. 164 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2011 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Shipping

165. 165 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2011 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty- Seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) Ministry of Culture

166. 166 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.3.2011 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Fifty-Eight Report on Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation

167. 167 Functioning of National Museum 11.3.2011

168. 168 Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - 04.5.2011 Issues and Challenges

169. 169 Helicopter Operations in India 04.5.2011

170. 170 Modernization of Major Ports 11.8.2011

171. 171 Functioning of Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala 17.8.2011 Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and National School of Drama 30

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172. 172 Development of Tourism in North-Eastern 17.8.2011 Region

173. 173 The National Highways Authority of India 15.3.2012 (Amendment) Bill, 2011

174. 174. Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of 27.4.2012 Civil Aviation

175. 175 Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of 07.5.2012 Culture

176. 176 Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of 07.5.2012 Tourism

177. 177 Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of 07.5.2012 Shipping

178. 178 Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of 07.5.2012 Road Transport and Highways

179. 179 One Hundred Seventy Ninth Report on Action 21.5.2012 Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty-Seventh Report on ‘Functioning of National Museum’

180. 180 One Hundred Eightieth Report on Action Taken 21.5.2012 by the Government on the recommendations/ observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventy-Second report on Development of Tourism in North-Eastern Region

181. 181 One Hundred Eighty First Report on Action 04.12.2012 Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Report on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) – Issues and Challenges

182. 182 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Report on the Helicopter Operations in India 31

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183. 183 Action Taken by The Government on The 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of The Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-Seventh Report on the Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of Shipping

184. 184 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of The Committee contained in its One Hundred Seventy-Sixth Report on the Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of Tourism

185. 185 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Civil Aviation (2012-13)

186. 186 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Report on the Demands for Grants (2012-13) of Ministry of Culture

187. 187 Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2012 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Seventy-Eighth Report on the Demands for Grants of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (2012-13)

188. 188 Functioning of Commission of Railway Safety 27.2.2013

189. 189 Development of National Waterways-Potential 27.2.2013 and Challenges

190. 190 Development of Tourism in Darjeeling and 27.2.2013 Sikkim

191. 191 Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of 03.5.2013 Civil Aviation

192. 192 Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of 03.5.2013 Culture

193. 193 Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of 03.5.2013 Road Transport and Highways 32

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194. 194 Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of 03.5.2013 Shipping

195. 195 Demands for Grants (2013-14) of Ministry of 03.5.2013 Tourism

196. 196 The National Waterway (Lakhipur-Bhanga 07.8.2013 stretch of the Barak River) Bill, 2013

197. 197 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2013 07.8.2013

198. 198 Management of Road Transport in National 27.8.2013 Capital Region : Issues and Challenges

199. 199 Action Taken by the Government on the 27.8.2013 recommendations/observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Report on the Development of National Waterways-Potentials and Challenges

200. 200 Development of Tourism, National Highways 27.8.2013 and Water Transport in Kerala and Cochin Shipyard Limited

201. 201 Functioning of National Akademis and other 17.10.2013 Cultural Institutions : Issues and Challenges (Presented to Hon’ble Chairman

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