New Delhi, Sep 23 - According to an audit done by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US, India has been found to be fully compliant with international safety standards, the government said Wednesday.

'They (FAA) have taken a view to keep us in Category 1. We are now on a level playing field and things haven been sorted out,' Civil Aviation Secretary M. Madhavan Nambiar told reporters here.

Nambiar was referring to a USFAA assessment that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation sector regulator, was adhering to the safety guidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The USFAA assessment was made after it visited DGCA Wednesday to confirm and validate the action taken since the audit in March, when it raised concerns over technical guidance for DGCA personnel, surveillance programmes of air operators and resolution of identified safety issues.

India would now continue to maintain the Category 1 status that it was granted in 1997, which would allow Indian airline operators to fly to the US without any major security check and also increase flight frequency.