A fish rots from the head down, and in India the 'head' is the DGCA.
In the UK we like to have a laugh by jokingly referring to the CAA as the 'Campaign Against Aviation' but believe me, until you've encountered the knuckle dragging, corrupt and over beaurocratic DGCA in India, you ain't seen nothing.
How the airlines manage there is remarkable with this crowd of idiots constantly thinking up new ways to trip them up.