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Govt mulls selling 100% stake in debt-laden Air India after flop attempt

Latest attempt to sell 76% of the airline drew no suitor

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The future process now involves going back to the core group on disinvestment

Arup RoychoudhuryArindam Majumder New Delhi
The government is considering revising the terms of sale for Air India, including offering a 100 per cent stake, after its latest attempt to sell 76 per cent of the debt-ridden airline failed to draw even a single bid.

Transaction advisor EY has cited the clause of the government holding a minority stake in the state carrier as the biggest reason for the failed disinvestment bid.

“We are looking at changes to the privatisation. We have a 24 per cent ownership clause, till we change it,” said a senior official involved in the process.

The development comes after the government