Earlier on Tuesday Scindia urged West Bengal, Delhi and Punjab among eight states to reduce VAT on Air Turbine Fuel for facilitating air connectivity to Tier-II, Tier-III cities New Delhi: All the new national highways to be constructed in the country will have helipads along them for immediate evacuation during emergencies, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia revealed on Tuesday while …
Highlights The ministries of civil aviation and road transport have discussed the proposal The civil aviation ministry has been pushing for increasing the use of helicopters Helipads along national highways will help in immediate evacuations during emergencies, Scindia said The government is looking at having helipads along new highways as that will help in immediate evacuations during emergencies. I promise …
The Finance Ministry has exempted domestic carriers from paying 11% basic excise duty on aviation turbine fuel when it is used to refuel aircraft for international flights, thus restoring parity with foreign carriers. In a notification issued on Thursday, the Ministry also made clear that the special additional duty on exports for ATF would not apply “when such goods are …
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