The Ministry of Civil Aviation, said that music is an “integral part of socio-religious life” asking airlines, airports to play Indian music.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation, stating that music in India began as an “integral part of socio-religious life” has written to Indian airlines and airports to play Indian music onboard aircraft and on airport premises. This was prompted following a request from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) last week. “Music played by most of the airlines across the globe is quintessential of the country to which the airline belongs, for example, jazz in American airlines or Mozart in Austrian airlines and Arab music in an airline from the Middle East,” read the letter by joint secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee. “But, Indian airlines seldom play Indian music in the flight, whereas, our music has a rich heritage and culture and it has one of the many things every Indian has a reason for (being) truly proud of it,” added the letter by Padhee, addressed to the chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Arun Kumar and Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman Sanjeev Kumar, on Monday.
