Plan to nurse back Air India

The government on Monday said adequate steps are being taken to nurse state-owned Air India back to health. “The civil aviation sector could not remain unaffected by the global slowdown,” President Pratibha Patil said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.

The government on Monday said adequate steps are being taken to nurse state-owned Air India back to health.

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“The civil aviation sector could not remain unaffected by the global slowdown,” President Pratibha Patil said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.

“Air India, was particularly badly hit. Steps are being taken for its early rehabilitation under the careful guidance of a group of ministers.”

Last week the government approved a Rs 800-crore equity infusion to National Civil Aviation Company Limited, which runs Air India.