Months prior to Air India crash, safety risks and funding imbalances highlighted
Way before the recent Air India crash, a March 2025 parliamentary report had already warned about serious safety and funding problems in India's aviation sector.
The report pointed out that key agencies like the DGCA were getting most of the money, while others handling security and accident investigations were underfunded.
It also raised concerns about not having enough staff to keep up with safety checks—making it harder to balance rules and real-world security.
How budget was divided among agencies
The DGCA received nearly half of the total aviation budget (₹30 crore), but agencies like the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security got much less—even though their jobs are just as important.
With chronic understaffing across these organizations, enforcing safety standards has become tougher.
After the Air India crash, a high-level committee was set up to look into what went wrong, highlighting why fixing these long-standing issues really matters now.