Govt hints at giving more time for Air India’s divestment

The government on Friday hinted at providing some more time for divesting its stake in Air India.

“We will provide people with a little extra time that we lost because of the other questions. Let me say on record that the process is going extremely well. There is a lot of expression of interest. Following the publication of the Preliminary Information Memorandum a lot of entities have come and asked questions,” said Hardeep Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, on Friday.

The Minister did not give details of how much more time will be provided. There has been a delay of 14 days as interested parties were earlier supposed to submit their written queries about the bidding process by February 22 which was extended till Friday evening (March 6).