Call Sign Of Indian Planes Still 'Viceroy Territory'. Centre Explains Why

BJP leader Tarun Vijay had raised the issue of changing the VT registration code of the Indian airplanes in the Rajya Sabha in 2016, stating that VT stands for "Viceroy Territory" and it is a reflection of the colonial rule.

Changing the VT registration code (call sign) of the Indian airplanes will have a big financial implication on domestic carriers as all aircraft would have to be grounded till those are repainted with the new registration code, the government informed Parliament today. According to global rules set by UN body International Civil Aviation Organisation, each aircraft has to be registered in a country, where it is allotted a registration number that has two letters as the country code, followed by three letters or numbers of the owner's choice like VT-123 in case of an Indian aircraft. BJP leader Tarun Vijay had raised the issue of changing the VT registration code of the Indian airplanes in the Rajya Sabha in 2016, stating that VT stands for "Viceroy Territory" and it is a reflection of the colonial rule. "Hindustan cannot be a territory of the Viceroy.... Why is India continuing with the VT code?... VT should be changed right away," he had said in the Upper House of Parliament. Mr Vijay's tenure as a member of the Rajya Sabha was from 2010 to 2016.