What is the governments latest thinking on Air-India?
The advisors are at work. The officers are putting together various kinds of proposals. Then they would come to me and eventually these will be directed to the Cabinet. But the advice of these advisors and their consultations are processed at many levels. There is an inter-ministerial group which is headed by the secretary, disinvestment, and consists of joint secretary and additional secretary level officers of different ministries including the administrative ministry which is the civil aviation ministry. Their recommendations then go to the core group of secretaries. Then they come back to the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment through the disinvestment minister. So it is long process. In the case of Air-India, routes have to be valued, unused routes and all that. It is a long process. Yes, it is a long process that people call inordinate delays, sometimes even in the appointment of global advisors. Not at all. All of them have been appointed. For 17 firms, they have been appointed.
