Under Section 3 of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation constituted under the Aircraft Act, 1934 is: 

Section 3(1) of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 provides that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation constituted under the Aircraft Act, 1934 shall be deemed to have been constituted under the new Act, headed by an officer designated as the Director General of Civil Aviation, appointed by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette. Section 3(2) assigns the DGCA responsibility for carrying out safety oversight and regulatory functions in respect of matters specified in the Act or rules made thereunder, and Section 3(3) vests the administration of the DGCA in this Director General. This mirrors the identical "deeming" continuity mechanisms applied to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security under Section 5 and the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau under Section 7, ensuring seamless institutional continuity for all three key regulatory bodies under the new Adhiniyam.