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Fresh complaint against DGCA officials in Drone Federation forgery
A fresh complaint has been filed before the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) alleging corruption, regulatory lapses and collusion involving additional officials from the DGCA, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Corporate…
The Story in Brief
A fresh complaint has been filed before the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) alleging corruption, regulatory lapses and collusion involving additional officials from the DGCA, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Corporate Affairs in the Drone Federation of India (DFI) forgery case. RTI activist Tejpratap Singh filed the complaint, which the CVC forwarded to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on August 3 for investigation.
The forgery allegations date to 2023 when the DFI sought to change its name using a purported No-Objection Certificate from the DGCA. An inspection found the document was forged, the NOC was never issued, the file number did not exist, and the then DGCA director had already been transferred. Separately, the CBI is probing a bribery case in which a DGCA deputy director was arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh per application.
The Indian Opinion
The repeated allegations against DGCA officials, from bribery for drone import approvals to now a forged NOC for a name change, expose a pattern of regulatory capture rather than isolated errors. The narrative that India's drone sector is being propelled by clean governance rings hollow when the very regulator faces multiple investigations. The key test will be whether the CVC and CBI investigations name the officials who approved or ignored the forgery, and why the prosecution complaint omitted forgery charges.
Source: indiatoday.in
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