How a 'No Fly list' like China's would have stopped Mallya, Gaikwad

Air India on Friday lifted the ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad after he expressed 'regrets' over 'the March 23 incident. Post the incident, the Directorate general of civil aviation is considering establishing a 'National No Fly List'. While India is still considering the 'No Fly List', China is miles ahead on the 'No Fly List' which also including bank defaulters. Had the same been implemented in India earlier neither would there have been a Gaikwad incident now would have defaulters like Vijay Mallya fled the country easily.

Air India on Friday said, "To deal with unruly passengers in an effective manner in future, amendment to the Civil Aviation Requirements are being drafted by DGCA in consultation with this(Civil aviation) ministry for establishing a National No Fly List." Since the list is being considered, the government can look into the kind of people who can be put on the no-fly list without limiting it to merely unruly passengers.

Here is what China does

If someone like Vijay Mallya were in China, he would be blacklisted and restricted from travelling by plane apart from being restricted from applying for loans or credit cards or even getting promoted. While India has allowed willful defaulters like Vijay Mallya to easily flee the country by not putting them on a 'No-Fly' list, China has recorded unprecedented crackdown on 6.73 million bank defaulters by blacklisting them.

Supreme People's Court in China has blacklisted 6.73 million bank defaulters stopping them from travelling by plane, applying for loans or credit cards or getting promoted.

"SPC has cooperated with airlines and railway companies to bar the defaulters with the help of their official IDs and passports. The implementation of the ban based on passports was initiated as earlier many defaulters with barred ID card numbers started buying plane tickets with their passports," said Supreme people's Court enforcement bureau chief, Meng Xiang. Since the enforcement of the crackdown, at least one million defaulters had voluntarily obeyed court orders. We think it is time for India to adopt the same, do you?

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