Lok Sabha Question No. 1861 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Unutilised Land of Air India
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

1861:

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 1861 (To be answered on the September 2020) 22nd

## UNUTILISED LAND OF AIR INDIA

DR VISHNU PRASAD MK

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether Air  India is having huge  tracts of unutilised land at various cities in the country;
- whether Air India has   proposed to sell its unutilised land including prime land;
- (d) the details thereof and the amount of revenue likely to be generated therefrom; and
- (e) the steps taken to overcome the public carrier from debt trap?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) & (6): Air India possessed 30 parcels of un-utilised tracts of land, details of which are at Annexure:
- (c) & (d): Air India has planned to monetize its unutilised land. The amount of revenue likely to be generated from monetisation Of land depends 0n the bid process and subject to No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from concerned authorities.
- (e): The Government had approved a Turnaround Plan (TAP) as well as the Financial Restructuring Plan (FRP) in 2012 and as a of the Turnaround strategy for Air India Ltd The company with the overall support of the Govt initiated 4 number of steps in order to improve operational and financial performance These steps, interalia, include the following: part
- 1) Rationalization of Staff Costs
- revenue Enhancing
- iv) Route rationalization
- vi) Finance Costs Reducing
- v) 'Controlling Aircraf? Maintenance expenses

Siace(2be implenentation of Turn Around Plan and Financial Restructuring period of eight years (FY 2011-12 an equity of Rs 30520.21 crore over to FY 2018-19).

The Plan also focuses o the financial substantial increase in revenue and operational efficiencies s0 that decided in the or cost can be achieved:. and financial as chairmanship are regulariy reviewed via review by the The of held under the India: saving meeting Also, meetings

Enotbeedo iprove the financial conditions of Air epproved a Plan in 2018 with financial India; the Government had competitive and profitable airline support which focusses o a The financial support; inter-aiia, crore to Air transfer of debt crore to the SPV to meet the interest for Limited and Rs. 1306 the debt transferred to the SPV. Serviced by the Government from the entire debt O the SPV would be crore in FY 2020-21 has been provided building Group: India, Holding Also

## ANNEXURE to LSUQ No 1861

| No_   | Description/Location                                                                                                                            | Area (in Sqm   | Statue                                                               |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     | Al Plot of land at Baba Kharak Singh New Delhi Marg                                                                                             | 14326*         | Returned to MoHUA                                                    |
| 2     | Residential Plot at Gurgaon                                                                                                                     | 420            | Sold                                                                 |
| 3     | Commercial Land at Rail Head Comples, RakhBahu; Residency Rd. Jammu                                                                             | 1518           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |
| 4_    | Residential land at Sector 3, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu                                                                                              | 1138           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation_ |
| 5_    | Land for Housing Colony (13 Flats) Vidyadhar Housing Colony, Khasra No16C & 1ZK SADAKhajuraho                                                   | 8094           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |
| 6_    | Residential land for Housing Colony 8, Haderpura Bye Pass West Distt  Badgam, Srinagar                                                          | 9861           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |
|       | Land for Booking  Office, Near Bus Stand,; Behind  Telephone Exchange, Khajuraho                                                                | 2090           | Returned to Khajuraho Nagar Parishad for 1.12lac on 26/09/2017       |
| 8_    | Commercial Land for Booking Office at Indira Nagar,_Bengaluru                                                                                   | 804            | Sold                                                                 |
| 9     | Land for office premises at Udaygiri; Bengaluru                                                                                                 |                | Sold/Returned to KIADB                                               |
| 10.   | Land for Housing Colony at Gangamuthanahali,Bengaluru                                                                                           | 5827           | To be sold                                                           |
| 11.   | Land for Housing Colony at NCC Nagar_Thiruvananthapuram                                                                                         | 2479           | To be sold                                                           |
| 12.   | Residential Plot at Krishnaswamy Nagar, Pankaja Mills Road, Sowripalayam Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu Village,                         | 4024           | Sold                                                                 |
| 13.   | Vacant Land at Plot No. 1 & 4 under No_ 404 & 405 of Patta No. 180, Mouza Dibrugarh Town; Ward Gabherupathar; Sub District Dibrugarh Assam) Dag | 3519           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |
| 14_   | Commercial Vacant Land at B, No.6 of No 414, Tourist Lodge Compound, Kohima Road, Near Super MarketDimapur_ Dag                                 | 1038           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |
| 15_   | Vacant Residential land at No. 487 , Village Borjhar; Mouza Kakhin (Assam) Dag                                                                  | 1405           | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation  |

| 16   | Residential Plot for Staff Quarters at Khaikhali;, Kolkata                                                             |   10684 | To be returned to authority against allotting _                                            |
|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 17   | Commercial Land at Plot Nos 951,953 and: Wart No.1_ Street No: 46, Revenue Village Muharrampur; East Gandhi Patna 954, |     566 | suitable compensation To; be returned to authority against suitable compensation allotting |
| 18_  | Land for Staff Quarters at Sardar Site No. 1 Vibhag-1, Hansol, Near Indira Ahmedabad Nagar,                            |   16000 | To be returned to authority against suitable compensation allotting                        |
| 19.  | Land & for Booking Office; Airlines House; Station SBL;_Bhuj Road, New Building                                        |     399 | To be sold                                                                                 |
| 20.  | Plot No. 21, Ghanshyam Nagar; Bhuj; Kutch_Gujarat                                                                      |    2500 | To be sold                                                                                 |
| 21.  | Commercial Land for Jamnagar office at Booking                                                                         |    1000 | be returned to against To allotting authority                                              |
| 22.  | 06 Residential Plots, Kandivali, Mumbai Charkop,                                                                       |    5410 | suitable compensation To be returned to authority against allotting                        |
| 23.  | Residential Plot No. 24, Sector 27, CIDCO, Nerul; Navi Mumbai                                                          |  100021 | suitable compensation Vacant areas to be monetised through                                 |
| 24   | Residential Plot No. 2, Sector 27 CIDCO_Nerul_Navi Mumbai                                                              |   69973 | CIDCO To be returned to CIDCO                                                              |
| 25.  | Land for Chamber; Dheber Office at  Angels Road, Rajkot Booking                                                        |    1076 | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation                        |
| 26 . | Residential Plot No. 43, 78 & 79, Village Nana Rajkot 44, Mava,                                                        |    1331 | To be returned to authority against suitable compensation allotting                        |
| 27_  | Land for Booking Office, TP Schere No.9, Plot No.1, Vadodra                                                            |    2000 | To be returned to authority against suitable compensation allotting                        |
| 28.  | No.3 (Part) 10, Bajipura Aurangabad Center, Survey Town                                                                |     706 | To be returned to allotting authority against suitable compensation                        |
| 29.  | Bungalow Plot No. ASL-56 925 in Ashwin L at New Nashik Survey                                                          |     385 | To be returned to authority against allotting                                              |
| 30_  | Residential cum Commercial Land at Laxmi House, Mount Road, Teynampet; Chennai                                         |    5371 | suitable compensation Sold                                                                 |