Even as Air India continues to sell property to raise money, the government of India owes the struggling airline Rs 598.55 crore as of March 31, according to information released by Air India in response to a Right to Information application. Almost half of these dues are from the Prime Minister’s Office, which has yet to pay the struggling airline Rs 297.08 crore, mostly for aircraft maintenance.
“Payments of 2008 onward are still pending,” said retired Commodore Lokesh Batra who received the reply via email on May 17, 2019. Batra had filed the application on May 3 and received a reply in under two weeks. “The media often reports that employees’ salaries get delayed, but why? At the end of the day, it is tax payers who pay for lapses of governance.”
Batra noted that the Comptroller and Auditor General had in 2016 flagged delays in payments from the government of India as a factor affecting the airline’s finances. According to the report, outstanding dues from the government were Rs 513.27 crore as on March 31, 2017.
Air India divided the information by individuals who either took the flights or on whose behalf aircraft were maintained. Scroll.in has a copy of this information.
The cabinet secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office handles the prime minister’s flights. It owes Air India Rs 297.081 crore, which is 37% of the total invoiced amount submitted to it. All overdue bills date from 2018 and 2019. The largest overdue bill is dated July 2018 for Rs 203.546 crore.
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“Payments of 2008 onward are still pending,” said retired Commodore Lokesh Batra who received the reply via email on May 17, 2019. Batra had filed the application on May 3 and received a reply in under two weeks. “The media often reports that employees’ salaries get delayed, but why? At the end of the day, it is tax payers who pay for lapses of governance.”
Batra noted that the Comptroller and Auditor General had in 2016 flagged delays in payments from the government of India as a factor affecting the airline’s finances. According to the report, outstanding dues from the government were Rs 513.27 crore as on March 31, 2017.
Air India divided the information by individuals who either took the flights or on whose behalf aircraft were maintained. Scroll.in has a copy of this information.
The cabinet secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office handles the prime minister’s flights. It owes Air India Rs 297.081 crore, which is 37% of the total invoiced amount submitted to it. All overdue bills date from 2018 and 2019. The largest overdue bill is dated July 2018 for Rs 203.546 crore.
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