Air India expects to get an allocation of Rs 1,200 crore in the coming Budget, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said today.

“We expect a Rs 1,200-crore provision for Air India in the Budget,” Patel told reporters on the sidelines of a function here today.

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Yesterday, Patel had said in Delhi that while the infusion was likely to occur over the next few days, the government wanted Air India to take “extraordinary” measures for its turnaround.

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