BUREAU OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY (BCAS)

About:

• History:
  • The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security was initially set up as a Cell in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in 1978 on the  recommendation of  the Pande Committee  constituted  in the  wake of the hijacking  of the Indian Airlines  flight in 1976.
    
    
  • The BCAS was reorganized into an independent department in 1987 under the Ministry of Civil Aviation as a sequel  to the Kanishka Tragedy in June   
    
    
  
  
  
• Mandate:
  • BCAS is the regulatory authority for civil aviation security in India.
    
    
  • The main responsibility of BCAS are lay down standards and measures in respect of security of  civil flights at International  and  domestic  airports in India.
    
    
  
  
  
• It is headed by an officer of the rank of Director General of Police and is designated as Director General (Bureau of Civil Aviation).
  
  
• BCAS Hqrs is located in New Delhi.