| 1 | Name of the Division or Section | Airport Development (AD) Section |
| 2 | Overview and mandate | AD Section primarily handles matters relating to development of Greenfield Airports in the country; Public Private Partnership (PPP) in airport sector including bringing AAI Airports under PPP; Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) and all the related policy and coordination matters. |
| 3 | Scope of work and responsibilities | Work allocated to AD Section includes: - Policy matters relating to Greenfield Airports and the Greenfield Airports Policy.
- Convening Steering Committee meetings on Greenfield Airports and placing proposals before the Committee.
- Processing matters relating to Site Clearance and In-Principle approval for Greenfield Airports.
- PPP matters in Greenfield Airport Projects, including signing of MoUs for Reserved Services.
- Policy and related matters concerning leasing of AAI airports under PPP.
- Monitoring Greenfield and PPP airport projects.
- Stakeholder meetings with State Governments and Central Government Ministries/Departments to resolve airport-development issues relating to Greenfield, PPP and private airports, excluding RCS-UDAN.
- Greenfield/PPP airport matters under the National Civil Aviation Policy.
- Land matters relating to PPP/Greenfield airports.
- Matters relating to amendment of the AAI Act concerning leasing of its airports.
- Monitoring CAPEX by airport operators and the National Infrastructure Pipeline.
- Airport-related Asset Monetisation Pipeline.
- Laying foundation stones for Greenfield Airport Projects or expansion of PPP airport projects.
- Inauguration of completed Greenfield Airport Projects or expansion of PPP airport projects.
- Administration of the AERA Act and related matters.
- Appointments to statutory posts of Chairperson, Members and Secretary in AERA.
- Grant-in-aid to AERA.
- Laying of AERA’s Annual Report in Parliament.
- Issuance of AIC relating to tariffs determined by AERA for major airports.
- Policy issues relating to tariff determination for non-major airports.
- Matters relating to the Appellate Tribunal established under the AERA Act.
- FDI matters for development/construction of airports.
- Processing/grant of security clearances to Brownfield/Greenfield airport operator/developer companies and their Board of Directors through the e-Sahaj portal.
- Monitoring and adoption of measures promoting green energy and carbon neutrality/net zero at airports.
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| 4 | Acts, Rules and Regulations | - AERA Act, 2008: https://aera.gov.in/acts – Amendment to AERA Act, Notification of Rules/Regulations thereunder.
- AAI Act, 1994: (Partially concerned for matters relating to PPP of AAI Airports): Download Act PDF
- Greenfield Airports Policy, 2008: Download Policy PDF – Grant of Site Clearance and In-Principle approval for development of Greenfield airports across the country.
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| 5 | Services provided | The Section’s work allocation primarily focuses on policy, coordination, monitoring and administrative processes. |
| 6 | Approvals and permissions | - Grant of ‘Site Clearance’ and ‘In-Principle’ approval to Project Proponents of Greenfield Airport Projects: These 2 approvals are essential before any Greenfield airport project could be taken up. Project Proponents include State Governments, Airports Authority of India (AAI), PSUs under State Government, Private airport developer companies etc. AD Section examines the proposals, coordinates with stakeholders, convenes meeting of Steering Committee and process the matter for approval of Minister-in-Charge.
- Security Clearance of Companies and its Board of Directors operating the Airports: Companies apply through e-Sahaj portal and the applications are processed in consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs for conveying requisite approval.
- Leasing of AAI airports under PPP: Proposal of AAI is taken up with PPPAC and competent Authority for bringing Brownfield airports of AAI under PPP.
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| 7 | How to access services or apply | - Grant of ‘Site Clearance’ and ‘In-Principle’ approval to Project Proponents of Greenfield Airport Projects: Application proforma and other details are as per Greenfield Airports Policy at Greenfield Airports Policy.
- Security Clearance of Companies and its Board of Directors operating the Airports: Application through e-Sahaj Portal at https://esahaj.gov.in/.
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| 8 | Organisations and bodies handled | - Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA): www.aera.gov.in
AD Section handles administration of the AERA Act including its amendment, appointment of Chairperson, Member & Secretary of AERA, Grant-in-aid to AERA, laying of its Annual Report in Parliament, Issuance of Tariff-related AICs through DGCA, Policy matters. - Airports Authority of India (AAI): www.aai.aero
Provisions of AAI Act including its amendment & policy matters connected only with PPP of AAI Airport are dealt in AD Section. (Mandate of AD section w.r.t. AAI is limited as stated above and all other matters concerning AAI are dealt in AAI section).
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| 9 | Contact details | Airport Development (AD) Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation, B Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110003 Phone: 011-24610057 Email: so-ad.moca@nic.in |
| 10 | Section Officer details | Shri Yogesh, Section Officer
Airport Development (AD) Section, Ministry of Civil Aviation, B Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110003 Phone: 011-24610057 Email: so-ad.moca@nic.in |
| 11 | Supervisory officer details | Shri Shankhesh Mehta, Director
Ministry of Civil Aviation, B Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110003
Phone: 011-24653750
Email: shankhesh.m@gov.in Shri Amit Kumar Jha, Under Secretary
Ministry of Civil Aviation, B Block, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi – 110003
Phone: 011-24610361
Email: usad-moca@gov.in |
| 12 | Useful links and documents | Project related Agreements, MoU etc. in respect of Greenfield and Brownfield Airports and copies of ‘In-Principle’ approval relating to Greenfield Airport Projects are available at: https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/ministry-documents/airports-documents |
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