New Delhi, July 16: In a bid to evolve a roadmap for the civil aviation sector, government today set up a five-member committee headed by former cabinet secretary Naresh Chandra to formulate a new national civil aviation policy. Besides Chandra, the committee, set up by Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, would have HDFC chairman Deepak Pareekh, advisor in Planning Commission Pronab Sen, civil aviation secretary K Roy Paul and finance advisor to the ministry V Subramaniam, official sources told.
Among its tasks, the Naresh Chandra panel would deliberate on competition in the area of international and domestic airlines and the future role of Air India and Indian Airlines. Bureau Report