(a) whether India is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of 192 countries of the world, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether India is conducting training programmes in 53 recognized institutions under the control of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the country at present on the basis of pattern and curriculum for Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) prescribed by the ICAO, and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether India is not a member of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) even than it is changing the rules and pattern of training in the country on the pattern of EASA, if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government is committed to implement the skill development programme in as possible as minimum time for providing employment to the youth, if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government proposes to withdraw the policy of changing the AME training rules without obtaining the membership and its new policy of awarding licence after training in 6 years instead of 4 years and if so, the details thereof;
(f) whether the Government has directed 53 AME institutes that have been providing trained manpower for the last 50 years to discontinue registration after 2016;
(g) if so, whether any alternative arrangements have been made for providing technical manpower to the aviation industry and if so, the details thereof; and
(h) whether for students studying in AME institutes, the three year course which has been recognised as three years practical experience for the last fifty years, which has now been reduced to one year experience, and if so details thereof and the reasons therefor?