A bench headed by CJI Bobde warned of contempt action if the Centre and states didn't comply a second time. The top court had ordered the vacancies to be filled in February.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre and states to file their status report after RTI activists Anjali Bhardwaj and others submitted that earlier court orders were not complied with.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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