DGCA revised over 100 civil aviation regulations in six months: Official
New Delhi (PTI): Regulator DGCA has revised more than 100 civil aviation regulations in the last six months after discussions with the industry, its chief Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said on Wednesday as he emphasised that the country's aviation sector is on the right path.
At a conference in the national capital, he also said with the right policy, "we are on the right track".
India is one of the world's fastest growing civil aviation markets, and domestic carriers have placed huge orders for aircraft, but the per capita travel is among the lowest. The country is expected to have around 3,000 commercial plans in the future.
"We are at the cusp of a huge growth... we have around 200 civil aviation regulations and in the course of six months, we have revised almost 100 plus. That we have done with the industry," the Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
He was participating in a panel discussion at the Aviation India and South Asia 2025 conference.
"We are on the right track... With the right kind of mindset and the ecosystem is coming in place. Now it is for the industry to take it forward," Kidwai said.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
