Union ministers meet over AI privatisation

The government’s efforts to privatise Air India were set in motion Thursday with the Group of Ministers tasked with this meeting for the first time. The GOM, headed by home minister Amit Shah and comprising aviation minister Hardeep Puri, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and commerce minister Piyush Goel agreed that the privatisation should be done by early next year.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, all that aviation minister Puri said was: “I’m not in a position to make any announcements, other than the fact that the meeting took place; please allow the process to move forward: it was a very productive meeting, all issues have been taken on board.’’