India clears aviation policy, eases rule on overseas flying

NEW DELHI: India has made it easier for the country’s airlines to fly abroad as part of the first set of comprehensive rules governing civil aviation which are designed to boost air travel and economic growth.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented the national civil aviation policy, which has been years in the making, as a bid to make flying more affordable for India’s expanding middle class, to bolster competition and to get more of the country connected.