Ajit to tap Mamata on FDI in aviation

New Delhi: Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh is likely to discuss the vexed issue of foreign direct investment in airlines with Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during his visit to the city later this week.
Mamata has steadfastly opposed the investment by foreign airlines in their domestic counterparts but has lately shown some flexibility.
Singh, an IIT Kharagpur alumni, will be in Calcutta on September 14 en route to Kharagpur.
“We are in talks with various political parties over the issue (allowing foreign carriers to pick up stake). We hope that a political consensus prevails soon,” Singh told reporters here.
10/09/12 Telegraph

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2012