Scindia to introduce amendment to airports economic regulatory Bill in Lok Sabha today

Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will move to introduce the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, the eighth day of the Monsoon Session.

The amendment to the 2008 Act will change existing provisions by modifying the definition of “major airport” as under the current law, tariffs for the aeronautical services of a group of airports together cannot be determined. The amendment will insert an enabling provision in the original Act for tariff determination of a “group of airports”.

The Bill was first introduced in March 2021 but was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture.