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Full refund, zero cancellation fee: Aviation ministry unveils passenger-friendly proposal

Jayant Sinha, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, on Tuesday, unveiled a draft air passenger charter, which if implemented, will empower air passengers in India like never before. The passengers will be entitled to full refund of air tickets, zero cancellation fee, among many other benefits on the implementation of the charter. The draft, which has been put in the public domain for comments, will be finalized after taking into consideration the opinions of different stakeholders.
Here are some of the things that the charter proposes!
A passenger will get a full refund of his money if a ticket is cancelled within 24 hours of booking a flight ticket. The flight, however, should be four days away from the departure time. It will not matter whether a person has booked the flight directly through the airline, through travel portals or through an agent.
? If the airline informs a passenger 24 hours before the departure time that the flight is delayed by four hours the passenger will be entitled to a full refund. Also, if the airline informs the passenger about the cancellation of a flight two weeks before up to 24 hours of the departure time, the airline will have to offer an alternative flight or refund the ticket as acceptable by the passenger.
? If a flight gets delayed by over four to twelve hours and a passenger misses a connecting flight, an airline will have to compensate the passenger with Rs 5,000 up to Rs 20,000.
An airline will have to pay Rs 5,000 to the passenger if he is now allowed to board the aircraft due to over booking.
? It has been however made clear in the charter that the airline will not be held responsible for delay of a flight due to weather or other unavoidable conditions.
? The passengers must be provided with 30 minutes of free Wi-Fi by the airport.
? If a passenger injures himself or dies onboard the aircraft, the airline (domestic and international) will have to pay a compensation.
? The airlines must be disabled-friendly and it should have seats, which are accessible for persons with disabilities. The seats should be blocked along with provision for adequate leg space provided free of charge.
? The cancellation charges, should be clearly printed on the ticket. The airlines and their agents should not levy cancellation charge more than the basic fare plus fuel surcharge.
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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.
The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.
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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur
Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.
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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly
Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.
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