Page 3 - Air India Privatisation

Rs 6-trillion monetisation plan: Modi govt's ambition in a minefield

Given the record of past blunders, under-achievements, vulnerabilities and the manifest influence of stigmatised capital, what India might get is yet another school for scandal, cautions T N Ninan

Fearing conflict, govt agrees to Air India employees' main demands

It has agreed to bear the cost of liquidation loss on account of transfer to EPFO from company-owned trusts, inclusion of employees in the central government health scheme, and encashment of leaves

Air India privatisation: SpiceJet's Ajay Singh has a risky flight plan

Even as the low-cost airline he runs has shrunk to survive the pandemic, many are questioning his plans to bid for national carrier Air India

Top Headlines: Adani seeks to defer airports, AIIMS studies third wave

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Govt proposes one-year retention for Air India staff after privatisation

Draft RFP sets a precedent for all state-owned firms on the block

Tripping up on arbitration

Cairn Energy has wrong-footed the government

Air India sale: A previously rejected plan resurfaces as a fall-back option

The fall-back option under discussion is to allow Air India Express to raise money through the market by listing on the bourses

Process begins for inviting financial bids for AI, deal to conclude by Sep

The stake sale process got delayed due to the Covid pandemic

The million-dollar question: Is Air India saleable in its present avatar?

The ifs and buts around its sale are growing day by day

Air India Privatisation likely to be completed by May-end: Hardeep Puri

"The airline still is in debt of Rs 60,000 crore and it is liable to be sold," Puri said

Financial bids will be invited in coming days for Air India sale, says govt

The government has started the process to sell its entire 100 per cent stake in Air India that has been in losses since it merged with Indian Airlines in 2007

Centre likely to float request-for-proposal for Air India privatisation

The treatment of liability of Rs 207 crore for wage arrears of employees working on narrow body fleet of the airline, will also be clarified

Pawan Ruia's Air India bid is another example of faith in his own abilities

The move, even by his standards, seems bold. Especially, when his companies - Jessop & Co, Dunlop - that earned him the moniker "turnaround tycoon", are facing liquidation

Air India privatisation: Pawan Ruia takes a shot at aviation with EoI

Once known as a 'turnaround tycoon', Ruia was knocked off that pedestal after the firms he acquired went into liquidation

Govt likely to fetch around Rs 15,000 crore from sale of Air India

Prospective bidders are perhaps ascribing zero value to the equity of the financially-stressed company, a source said. The Tata group is being considered a frontrunner for acquiring Air India

Air India employees' interest will be protected, says Hardeep Singh Puri

The interest of Air India employees will be safeguarded in accordance with the guidance of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Puri said

Tata's airline dilemma

A Tata takeover of Air India is being seen as the best outcome for all concerned

Govt won't disclose names of Air India bidders after DIPAM's rule change

Under earlier protocol, had to inform qualified bidders by Jan 5; alteration came into effect after Transaction Adviser EY said it did not want any deadline

Second phase of Air India disinvestment to start from January 5

The second phase of the strategic disinvestment of Air India will start on January 5, 2021 with the announcement of the names of the qualified bidders

Air India employees seek status quo on benefits post privatisation

Air India pilots' associations has asked its members to maintain the printed weekly offs and not to change them