Rs 2430 crore collected from air travellers for CISF security services

Over Rs 2,430 crore has been collected from air travellers in the past two years as fee for security services being provided by the CISF, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The minister said the payment for services rendered by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at airports is made from the charges collected on air travel tickets in the form of Aviation Security Fee (ASF) deposited in National Aviation Security Fee Trust (NASFT).

A total of Rs 2430.48 crore has been collected as ASF from April 2020 to December 2021 out of which Rs 1885.74 crore has been disbursed, he said in a written reply to a question.

Rai said at present, the CISF is providing security cover at 65 airports with sanctioned strength of 30,996.