Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore aviation fuel price stabilization support

• One-time budgetary support of up to ₹10,000 crore to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to cushion Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price volatility for Scheduled Indian Airlines on domestic and international operations.
• A direct fiscal intervention in a deregulated fuel market, triggered by the West Asia crisis, makes it a high-yield case study for GS-III (Economy, Energy Security) and GS-II (Government Policies).
• Builds on a sequence of 2025–26 aviation relief measures by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).