The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is aiming to employ 100,000 more people by 2024, taking the total direct employment in the sector to 350,000, according to a report tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday.
The 15th report of the Committee of Estimates stated that the total number of direct and indirect jobs which will be generated by the aviation and aero manufacturing in two years will be close to 2 million, out of which 50 per cent jobs will be generated for blue-collar workers.
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic