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Detailed explanation-1: -AvSec’s core functions and activities include: Screening and searching passengers, crew, airport workers, baggage, aircraft, cargo, etc. Undertaking security patrols and escorts. Managing the airport identity card system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is the regulatory body in the field of Civil Aviation, primarily dealing with safety issues. It is responsible for regulation of air transport services to/from/within India and for enforcement of civil air regulations, air safety, and airworthiness standards.
Detailed explanation-3: -In January 1978, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) was established as a department of the DGCA. As a result of the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, on 1 April 1987 the BCAS became an independent agency of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the FAA has the overall responsibility for the effectiveness of aviation security, the buy-in of other stakeholders is critical for funding security equipment and for implementing a long-term security strategy, such as the TAAS (total architecture for aviation security) described in Chapter 2.