Government may amend civil aviation rules
New Delhi: The government may amend civil aviation rules and make it mandatory to have a Category II instrument landing system at all airports for reducing fog-related problems.

Civil aviation minister Praful Patel said this would encourage airlines to train pilots till the CAT-II level.

The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) also proposed to amend the Civil Aviation Requirements (CARs), making it mandatory for pilots to be trained at least till the CAT-II level.

Patel said CAT-II or CAT-III training required pilots to have flown a minimum of 2,000 hours, 500 hours for particular types of high-tech aircraft, and undergone a minimum number of take-off and landing.
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Exodus of textile mills from Mumbai
Mumbai: Textile mills have been leaving Mumbai and moving to Gujarat as part of an almost ongoing process as input costs, high taxes, land costs and lack of government support have brought the mills to a halt in Mumbai..

The latest to leave is Century Textiles which has closed its operations in Worli. Raymond, Welspun and Century have also moved their plants to other states. Gujarat has been a major gainer and as Surat is fast turning into a centre for synthetic textiles and Ahmedabad has become the hub for cotton textiles. Most denim facilities too are in Gujarat.

Century is setting up a greenfield composite mill in Bharuch, Gujarat, which will have a capacity of 30-million metre and will be in operation by the first quarter of 2008.
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