New Delhi: The ministry of civil aviation on Wednesday denied allegations that it was looking at amending the aircraft rules to benefit private airport operators at Delhi and Mumbai by excluding the user development fee (UDF) from the purview of the revenue-sharing agreement these have with state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Minister Ajit Singh told Business Standard, “There is no such thinking in the ministry (to amend aircraft rules). During the biding process itself, an agreement was reached that the airport operators at Delhi and Mumbai will share 46 per cent and 39 per cent of overall revenues with the AAI. We are not making any changes to exclude UDF from its purview.”
Singh made the statement in response to Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey’s letter to the Prime Minister and chief vigilance commissioner, alleging the ministry was considering such changes to benefit GMR Group which operates Delhi airport and the GVK Group, that operates the Mumbai one.
Dubey claimed between 2009 and 2014, the total UDF for Delhi comes to Rs 3,800 crore and for Mumbai Rs 700 crore.
18/07/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
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Minister Ajit Singh told Business Standard, “There is no such thinking in the ministry (to amend aircraft rules). During the biding process itself, an agreement was reached that the airport operators at Delhi and Mumbai will share 46 per cent and 39 per cent of overall revenues with the AAI. We are not making any changes to exclude UDF from its purview.”
Singh made the statement in response to Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey’s letter to the Prime Minister and chief vigilance commissioner, alleging the ministry was considering such changes to benefit GMR Group which operates Delhi airport and the GVK Group, that operates the Mumbai one.
Dubey claimed between 2009 and 2014, the total UDF for Delhi comes to Rs 3,800 crore and for Mumbai Rs 700 crore.
18/07/13 Sharmistha Mukherjee/Business Standard
