Question: Recently who has been appointed as chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) by the appointments Committee of the Cabinet?
(a) Dinesh Pathak
(b) S. K Bhagat
(c) Santosh Banerjee
(d) Kumar Rajesh Chandra
Ans. (d)
Related facts:
- On 5 May 2016 the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra as chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
- He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
- He has been appointed in place of IPS officer G S Malhi, who had completed his tenure as BCAS chief in November 2012.
- Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is the aviation security wing of the government.
- After the hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight on 10 September 1976, the Pande Committee recommended establishing an aviation security department.
- Following the recommendations BCAS, which acts as regulatory authority for civil aviation security, was initially set up as a cell in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in January 1978.
- Later it was reorganised into an independent department on April 1, 1987 under the Ministry of Civil Aviation after the Kanishka tragedy in June 1985.
- The main responsibility of BCAS is to lay down standards and measures in respect of security of civil flights at international and domestic airports in India.
Reference:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Kumar-Rajesh-Chandra-appointed-aviation-security-wing-chief/articleshow/52133789.cms
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kumar-rajesh-chandra-appointed-aviation-security-wing-chief-116050501469_1.html
http://www.bcasindia.nic.in/aboutus/aboutus.html#history