Play Indian music in flights, airports: Aviation ministry

The Ministry of Civil Aviation asked all airlines and airports to consider playing Indian music in their flights and terminal premisesThe Indian Council of Cultural Relations ICCR had on December 23 requested Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to promote Indian music in flights operated by Indian carriersTherefore the ministry wrote a letter to all airlines and airports on Monday stating that music played by most of the airlines across the globe was in quintessential of the country to which the airline belongs for example Jazz in an American airline or Mozart in an Austrian airline and Arab music in an airline from the Middle EastBut Indian Airlines seldom play Indian music in the flight whereas our music has a rich heritage and culture and it has one of the many things every Indian has a reason for truly proud of it the ministry noted India has a rich diversity of traditional music it notedOwing to Indias vastness and diversity Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music folk light vocal instrumental music etc it mentioned India has a history spanning several millennia and developed over several geolocations spanning the subcontinent it saidMusic in India began as an integral part of the socioreligious life it noted The ministry said it is in receipt of request from ICCR for playing Indian music in the aircraft being operated in India and also at airportsIt is therefore requested to kindly consider playing Indian music in the aircraft being operated in India and at airports following the regulatory requisites the ministry statedScindia had on December 23 visited the headquarters of the ICCR and met its president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe The ICCR which works under the Ministry of External Affairs had said on Twitter that various suggestions were made during the meeting including promotion of Indian music in flights operated by the Indian air companiesEminent artists and musicians including Malini Awasthi Anu Malik Kaushal S Inamdar Shounak Abhisheki Manjusha Patil K Sanjeev Abhyankar Rita Ganguly and Wasifuddin Dagar were also present during the meeting it addedAlso Read Watch video IndiGo pilot surprises passengers by making announcement in TuluThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever