NEW DELHI: The decision to award private operators contracts to manage airports appears to be back on the agenda, with the Narendra Modi-led government taking charge at the Centre. An inter-ministerial group (IMG) is scheduled to meet on Thursday and finalise the model concession agreement (MCA) for award of contracts for six identified airports – Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Guwahati, Jaipur and Ahmedabad – on the basis of a pre-determined rate.
The process to award management contracts for these six airports had been initiated last year by the previous government but the plan had to be put on the back burner following a difference of opinion between the Union civil aviation ministry, then led by Ajit Singh, and the Planning Comm
