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Govt to launch e-licences for pilots; India to be second country to do so for flight crew

NEW DELHI: Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu will Thursday launch Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) “electronic personnel license (EPL) for pilots, making India the second country in the world to implement EPL for flight crew, according to the regulator. Digitising pilot licences will do away with the need of getting the same endorsed/renewed…

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Viksit Bharat and the Budget’s play with numbers

‘A bet implicit in the Budget is that tax concessions to the middle class will unleash a spending spree that would revive consumption demand and GDP growth’  | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The background to Budget 2025-26, as presented even by the official Economic Survey 2024-25, has posed a challenge to the Narendra Modi government…

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Union Budget 2025: Government to introduce Jan Vishwas 2.0 for greater ease of doing business

Government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 outdated legal provisions to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech that the government would introduce the Jan Vishwas Bill…

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