Group of Ministers to meet today to discuss Air India disinvestment

A Group of Ministers (GoM) will meet today in New Delhi to discuss the disinvestment of Air India. The ministers are likely to decide the contours of the Expression of Interest (EoI) which is expected to be issued in mid-January.

According to an Air India official, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri are likely to attend the meeting, however, BusinessLine wasn’t able to ascertain the time of the meeting.

The person said, “This is the second round of meeting to discuss the disinvestment of Air India. During the course of the meeting, a roadmap and the dates of floating the advertisement for the Expression of Interest (EoI) will be discussed.”