The issue of the loss and connected matters were raised in the Lok Sabha during the question hour on 3rd August. Intervening in the matter Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh assured that the salary of the Air India employees will be paid and the government will find out the ways and means for the same.
To another question on the loss of Air India it was replied that the loss for the financial year 2011-12 is expected to be to the tune of Rs. 6,994 crore.
If the government has taken remedial measures at the right time and had not discriminated against Air India to favour the private companies, the present difficult situation would not have come. It is the full responsibility of the government to revive Air India and restore its earlier glorious position.