A government panel has recommended that the passenger service fee (PSF) levied on domestic flyers should be increased by Rs 20 in order to generate more revenue for clearing pending security dues worth crores of rupees, the CISF said Thursday. CISF Director General (DG) Rajesh Ranjan, while interacting with reporters during the annual press conference, said the “PSF issue is at an fairly advanced stage and we hope to see some decision in that regard very soon”.
The DG said around 56 airports — six in the private joint venture domain and the rest operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) — in the country have “outstanding” dues for taking the services of the force to guard their civil airport facilities.
