@WIKI44, @shanx
Technically you guys are right. The CAR did exist since 1999. However it was so useless, that when in Aug 2009 DGCA finally did decide to revise it, they did not find use for even a single page from the old CAR.
The previous CAR simply said " FATA shall be issued to ....." and "all ratings valid on foreign license will be ratified as such".
Nothing about experience, exams or any such thing.
Everything was open for own interpretation, and many rules were "bended" as such.