Rajiv Bansal

The government is working on mandating blending of jet fuel with sustainable aviation fuel as the country works on ways to reduce emissions, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said today.

The government on Wednesday said it is making all efforts to hand over Air India operations to Tata Sons by the end of this year.

International flight operations are expected to return to normal soon, Rajiv Bansal, the Union Aviation Ministry Secretary, was quoted by news agency ANI on Wednesday.

Indian Administration Services (IAS) officer Rajiv Bansal took charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday. Before this appointment, Mr Bansal was holding the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Air India.

The government on Wednesday appointed IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Secretary to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Senior bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal was on Thursday appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Rajiv Bansal resigned from the high-profile CFO post in October 2015 amid a raging controversy over governance issues between the company's co-founders and previous board of directors.

Infosys said on Monday that a tribunal has ruled in favour of ex-chief financial officer (CFO) Rajiv Bansal's severance package, rejecting the company's claim for a refund. According to the arbitral tribunal's order, the IT company is now required to pay Mr Bansal the outstanding severance amount of Rs.12.17 crore along with interest. The move come...

The settlement is based on the undertaking that Infosys will "neither admit nor deny the finding of fact or conclusion of law," the company said.

The appointment comes days after Mr Bansal was given an extension for three months.

Senior IAS officer Bansal took over the reins of the disinvestment-bound national carrier in August.

The national carrier has constituted five teams to work on various aspects of the stake sale process.

Air India chief Rajiv Bansal, who has been working on ways to improve the airline's on time performance (OTP) and prune costs on various fronts, has set up a task force comprising four teams to put together a strategy before engaging with vendors, according to a source.

Air India plans to vacate unused hangar space at some airports and sell the scrap lying there to cut costs, CMD Rajiv Bansal has said.

"I firmly believe that OTP holds the key to an airline's performance index and is the most important deciding factor, along with service standards in determining an airline company's fortune," Air India chief Rajiv Bansal said.

The government is working on mandating blending of jet fuel with sustainable aviation fuel as the country works on ways to reduce emissions, Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal said today.

The government on Wednesday said it is making all efforts to hand over Air India operations to Tata Sons by the end of this year.

International flight operations are expected to return to normal soon, Rajiv Bansal, the Union Aviation Ministry Secretary, was quoted by news agency ANI on Wednesday.

Indian Administration Services (IAS) officer Rajiv Bansal took charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday. Before this appointment, Mr Bansal was holding the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Air India.

The government on Wednesday appointed IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Secretary to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Senior bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal was on Thursday appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Rajiv Bansal resigned from the high-profile CFO post in October 2015 amid a raging controversy over governance issues between the company's co-founders and previous board of directors.

Infosys said on Monday that a tribunal has ruled in favour of ex-chief financial officer (CFO) Rajiv Bansal's severance package, rejecting the company's claim for a refund. According to the arbitral tribunal's order, the IT company is now required to pay Mr Bansal the outstanding severance amount of Rs.12.17 crore along with interest. The move come...

The settlement is based on the undertaking that Infosys will "neither admit nor deny the finding of fact or conclusion of law," the company said.

The appointment comes days after Mr Bansal was given an extension for three months.

Senior IAS officer Bansal took over the reins of the disinvestment-bound national carrier in August.

The national carrier has constituted five teams to work on various aspects of the stake sale process.

Air India chief Rajiv Bansal, who has been working on ways to improve the airline's on time performance (OTP) and prune costs on various fronts, has set up a task force comprising four teams to put together a strategy before engaging with vendors, according to a source.

Air India plans to vacate unused hangar space at some airports and sell the scrap lying there to cut costs, CMD Rajiv Bansal has said.

"I firmly believe that OTP holds the key to an airline's performance index and is the most important deciding factor, along with service standards in determining an airline company's fortune," Air India chief Rajiv Bansal said.