Clear all dues to Air India ‘immediately’, Ministries told
The Hindu
Government scraps order requiring officials to travel only by national carrier
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday scrapped a standing order requiring officials to travel only by the national carrier Air India and asked government departments to remit dues to the airline ‘immediately’ in view of its proposed sale to the Tata group.
Stressing that Air India and Air India Express have stopped extending ‘credit facility’ for ticket purchases by Ministries, the Finance Ministry said all fresh tickets for Air India flights be purchased “in cash till further instructions”.
In July 2009, the Department of Expenditure had mandated that all cases of international and domestic air travel, including those involving leave travel concession journeys, where the Government of India bears the cost of passage, officials may travel only by Air India.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.