Ministers’ panel on Air India divestment to meet today
The Alternative Mechanism set up to expedite divestment of Air India is to meet on Thursday, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said.
Home Minister Amit Shah heads the Alternate Mechanism which includes the Ministers of Finance and Civil Aviation apart from senior officials from various government ministries.
Kumarmangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, who was present at Wednesday’s meeting on Air India, said he had attended as he is on the board of the airline. He declined to say whether he was interested in bidding for the airline.
