A bill to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934 to enable ease of doing business and to provide for manufacture and maintenance in the aviation sector was moved for passing in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu moved the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha.

The Loksabha has aleady passed the bill. Naidu said in a social media post later that the bill is a landmark step towards modernizing India's aviation framework, aligning with global standards, and fostering growth in the aviation sector. According to statement objects and reasons of the bill, the Aircraft Act, 1934 was enacted to make better provision for the control of the manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft.