The government has sought parliament’s approval for an equity infusion of Rs 23 billion ($328.42 million) in state-owned carrier Air India, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Air India had sought Rs 21.21 billion of additional equity from the government for the fiscal year 2018-19 to make pending payments to its vendors, a source at the airline had told Reuters in July.
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India’s top civil aviation bureaucrat said in September that a $120 million capital injection for Air India was on the way, and the government is also working on a relief package for the airline industry.
(Reuters)