Committed to transparency, says govt after Tata's comments

New Delhi: A day after Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata's stated he was not comfortable with bribing for getting into airline business years ago, the government today assured it was committed to transparency in any project.
"We need more transparency. I think the government is committed to that," Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said when asked about Tata's comments.
Emphasising the use of Right to Information Act, Deshmukh said one gets any information through RTI on anything that goes wrong.
Yesterday, Tata had stated in Dehradun that he did not enter the airline business as he was not comfortable with the idea of bribing Rs 15 crore to a minister, as had been suggested by an industrialist.
Recalling how he had spurned the bribery suggestion by the industrialist, Tata said: "We approached three Prime Ministers also. But an individual thwarted our efforts to form the airlines."
He, however, did not name the individual.
16/11/10 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Nov 2010