(a) whether attention of the Government has been drawn to the news-item captioned, `Air India bosses call each other corrupt.` appearing in the Indian Express dated October 26, 2000.
(b) if so, the facts of the matter reported therein; and
(c) the action taken to run the Air India like a private company?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a) & (b) : Yes Sir. A factual report alongwith the
relevant papers, in original, have been invited from Air
India.
(c) : The Government has approved in principle bringing down
the equity of the Government of India in Air India through a
process of disinvestment.