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`Vision-2020', the policy paper on civil aviation industry, the Minister said, has been referred to the Group of Ministers, because a wider consultation is required on the matter.

Mumbai June 17 The Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, has told newspersons that "there have been some slippages in time", in the modernisation work of the Mumbai Airport, which are mainly due to excessive air traffic and slum rehabilitation issue.

The Minister added that there would be some solution soon.

On `Vision-2020', the policy paper on civil aviation industry, the Minister said, it has been referred to the Group of Ministers because a wider consultation was required on the matter.

Mr Patel said, "As is usually the case when there are wide policy ramifications, it is always better to have a wider consultation process."

He added that since it is a policy drafted till the year 2020, the decisions taken for the industry would have "very wide ramification".

Enhancing capabilities

Speaking at a press conference organised by the Assocham to release a study called, `Indian Civil Aviation Industry- Road Map for Growth', Mr Patel said, "Time has come for enhancing engineering capabilities within India so that none of the carriers need to go elsewhere to get their work done."

He pointed out that since Air India has in-house engineering facilities, which are open for outsourcing third-party work, "they should make money and that is why a separate business unit has been planned post merger. We would also like to encourage more engineering setup and MRO (maintenance and repair organisations) to come up in India".

The industrial body along with Ernst & Young released the report highlighting the current scenario in the Indian aviation industry, the future of the industry as well as the impediments to its growth.

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