The government is considering a legal amendment to increase the scope for commercial exploitation of land by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). People in the know said the civil aviation ministry had started inter-ministerial consultations on amending the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994.

       After this, the government will introduce a Bill. While this will give the AAI more liberty to commercially exploit around 55,000 hectares, the move is also aimed at increasing the potential of privatising airports in Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities. The Act allows the AAI to establish and ...