DGCA may mandate random psychoactive substance tests for over 25% flight crew across Indian airlines
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/dgca-may-mandate-random-psychoactive-substance-tests-for-over-25-flight-crew-across-indian-airlines/articleshow/133353071.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-19 16:09:40
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-20 00:14:58
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is set to make it mandatory for airlines to randomly test more than 25 per cent of their flight crew every year for psychoactive substances through urine samples and this testing requirement would apply to all Indian airlines, top official sources said.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-20 00:14:58
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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