Govt aid not helping debt-ridden Air India: CAG

The government may need to reassess the amount of bailout funds given to state-run carrier Air India because the airline’s short-term loans have weighed on its finances, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said in a report on Friday.

Heavily-indebted Air India, which was bailed out in 2012 with $5.8 billion of government funding, should also monetise more of its assets faster and speed up the leasing of narrow-body aircraft to improve its performance, the CAG said.