What the people have been doubting about the modernisation deal of the Delhi airport with DIAL giving huge concession to the company may be fully true. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament in its draft report is reported to have made castigating remarks about the huge concessions given to DIAL, the firm which has taken the contract for modernisation. Vast area of land has been given for use ,for a paltry sum of Rs. 31 crore. The potential earning capacity of the land can be hundred times more or much more. In the same way, DIAL has been given lease of the airport for 60 years for a contribution of just Rs. 1,813 crore. The potential earning capacity of the same according to CAG report is about Rs. 1,63,557 crore.
Not only that. Against the agreement with the AAI, the DIAL has imposed development fee from the passengers also.

The Draft PAC report has demanded criminal investigation in to the above deals which has resulted huge loss to the government. It is to be noted that Praful Patel was the Civil Aviation Minister at the time of the deal. He is one of the richest Minister in the UPA II Cabinet.