Lok Sabha Question No. 3087 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-17
Subject: Setting up of New ATCs
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED NO. 3087 be answered on the December 2015) (To

## SETTING UP OF NEW ATCs

3087 .

SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- the total number of Air Traffic Controls (ATCs) in the country, State/UT-wise; (a)
- (c) whether there are vacancies of the Communication; Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) officers in aviation sector of the country; wing;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up new ATCs in the country, if $0, the details thereof with the criteria fixed by the Government in this regard; along
- (d) if s0, the details thereof with the corrective steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard; and along
- (e) whether existing ATC staff is subject to regular medical and health check-ups and if s0, the details thereof indicating the interval at which such tests are conducted and the medical and health tests covered thereunder?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a) The list %f Air Traffic Control (ATC) centers\_handling civil operations in the country established by Airports Authority of India(AAT) and Defence are at Annexure-A & Annexure-B respectively.

(c) & (d) : The details of vacancies of CNS officers in the country are as follows: wing

- (b) Development/up gradation of airport infrastructure including ATCs is & continuous process and is undertaken by AAI from time to time on need basis: The ATC Centers are normally established at those airports; Which are licensed by DGCA under public use category and where operations of commercial nature are expected.
- (e) Madam. Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO) below years 0f age undergo medical examination every two years and those above years to undergo medication examination annually under medicai authority approved by the Director General of Civil Aviation; An ATCO is required to undergo medical examination based on following requirement: Yes; fifty fifty

- Group A 728

- Group B 723

- C Group

- 95

The vacant posts are filled up on regular intervals both through promotion as well as direct recruitment under the Recruitment and Promotion Guidelines.

- Physical and mental
- Hearing
- Visual and colour perception and

Normally test like BLOOD TEST (CBCIDLC/RBCIWBC/ Platelets); Glucose; LIPID profile, Urine routine and microscopy\_ ECG/EEG, Chest X-ray etc: are done. However, medical examiner may require an ATCO to undergo additional tests.

## LIST OF ATC CENTRES ESTABLISHED BY AAI AT CIVIL AERODROMES OF INDIA

## Annexure-A

| State             | Name of Airport      | Name of Airport                                                                                                                   |
|-------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1) 2) 3) 4)          | Vijayawada Airport Rajamundry Airport Tirupati Airport Cudappah Airport |                                                    |
| Assam             | 1) 2) 3)             | Dibrugarh Airport Lilabari Airport Guwahati Airport                                                                               |
| Arunachal Pradesh | NIL                  | NIL                                                                                                                               |
| Bihar             | 1) 2)                | Patna Airport Gaya Airport                                                                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1)                   | Raipur Airport                                                                                                                    |
| Gujarat           | 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) | Bhavnagar Airport Kandla Airport Porbandar Airport Surat Airport Rajkot Airport Vadodara Airport Ahemdabad Airport Mundra Airport |
| Goa               | 8) 1)                | Goa Airport                                                                                                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 1) 2)                | Shimla Airport Gaggal Airport Kullu-manali Airport                                                                                |
| Haryana           | 3) NIL               | 3) NIL                                                                                                                            |
| Jharkhand         | 1)                   | Ranchi Airport                                                                                                                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir | NIL                  |                                                                                                                                   |
| Kerala            | 1) 2) 3)             | Calicut Airport Thiruvananathapuram Airport Cochin International Airport Ltd.                                                     |
| Karnataka         | 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)       | Belgaum Airport Hubli Airport Mysore Airport Bengalure International Airport Ltd. Mangalore Airport                               |
| Mizoram           |                      | Lengpui Airport                                                                                                                   |
|                   | 1)                   |                                                                                                                                   |
| Meghalaya         | 1)                   | Shillong Airport                                                                                                                  |
| Manipur           | 1)                   | Imphal Airport                                                                                                                    |

Total =

## Annexure-A

| Maharashtra                               | 1)             | Juhu airport Aurangabad Airport                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh                            | 7) 8) 1) 3) 4) | Kolhapur Airport Nanded Airport Jalgaon Airport Bhopal Airport                     |
|                                           | 1)             | 2)   Jabalpur Airport Indore Airport Khajuraho Airport                             |
| Nagaland Orissa                           | 1)             | Dimapur Airport Bhubaneshwar Airport                                               |
| Rajasthan                                 | 2) 1)          | Ludhiana Airport Amritsar Airport Udaipur Airport                                  |
|                                           | 2) NIL 1)      | Jaipur Airport                                                                     |
| Sikkim                                    | 2)             | Begumpet Airport Hyderabad International Airport Ltd.                              |
| Telangana                                 | 1)             | Agartala Airport                                                                   |
| Tripura Tamilnadu                         | 1)             |                                                                                    |
|                                           | 2) 3) 4) 5)    | Madurai Airport Tuticorin Airport Salem Airport Coimbatore Airport Chennai Airport |
| Uttrakhand                                | 6) 1) 2)       | Tiruchirapalli Airport Dehradun Airport Pantnagar Airport_                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                             | 1) 2) 3)       | Kanpur Airport (Civil) Lucknow Airport                                             |
| West Bengal                               | 1) 2) 3)       | Varanasi Airport Kolkata Airport Coochbhehar Airport                               |
| Union Territory Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                | Durgapur Airport Name of Airport_                                                  |
|                                           | NIL            |                                                                                    |
| Chandigarh                                | NIL NIL        |                                                                                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                      | 1)             | Diu Airport                                                                        |
| Daman & Diu                               |                |                                                                                    |
|                                           |                | Agatti Airport                                                                     |
|                                           | 1)             |                                                                                    |
| Lakshdweep                                |                |                                                                                    |
|                                           |                | Safdarjung Airport Delhi International Airport Ltd.                                |
| New Delhi                                 | 1) 2)          | Pondicherry Airport                                                                |
| Puducherry                                | 1)             |                                                                                    |

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## LIST OF ATC CENTRES ESTABLISHED BY DEFENCE AT CIVIL ENCLAVES OF INDIA

## Annexure-B

| State               | Name of_Airport   | Name of_Airport                                                           |
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      | 1)                | Vishakhapatnam Airport                                                    |
| Assam               | 1) 2) 3)          | Tezpur Airport Jorhat Airport Silchar Airport                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Bihar               |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Chhattisgarh        |                   | NIL                                                                       |
|                     | 1) 2)             | Bhuj Airport Jamnagar Airport                                             |
| Goa                 | 1)                | Goa Airport                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Haryana             |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Jharkhand           |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Jammu and Kashmir   | 1) 2) 3)          | Leh Airport Jammu Airport Srinagar Airport                                |
| Kerala              |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Karnataka           |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Mizoram             |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Meghalaya           |                   | NIL                                                                       |
|                     |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Manipur Maharashtra | 1)                | Pune Airport                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                   | Gwalior Airport                                                           |
| Nagaland            |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Orissa              |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Punjab              | 1)                | Pathankot Airport                                                         |
| Rajasthan           | 1) 2)             | Jodhpur Airport Jaisalmer Airport                                         |
| Sikkim              |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Telangana           |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Tripura             |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Tamilnadu           |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Uttrakhand          |                   | NIL                                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 1) 2) 3) 4)       | Agra Airport Kanpur (Chakeri) Airport Allahabad Airport Gorakhpur Airport |
| West Bengal         | 1)                | Bagdogra Airport                                                          |

## 3087

Total = 22

| Annexure-B                |                       |
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| Union Territory           | Name of Airport       |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1) Portblair Airport  |
| Chandigarh                | 1) Chandigarh Airport |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | NIL                   |
| Daman & Diu               | NIL                   |
| Lakshdweep                | NIL                   |
| New Delhi                 | NIL                   |
| Puducherry                | NIL                   |

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