http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=114990
<The Cabinet is considering a proposal to liberalise foreign direct investment (FDI) and open up greenfield airports to 100% FDI. ...Defending the initiative of the government to open up these sectors, Mr Dua said that with pressure on civil aviation mounting, there is a case for more investment for the setting up of new airport facilities in non-metro cities.> The trouble with this is that it stampedes investors into greenfield airports at places which have civil enclaves (like Goa) which then have to be closed down once the new airports are ready. The Union Cabinet decision of 2000 about Dabolim and Mopa must be revoked and the agreements to close HAL (Bangalore) and Begumpet (Hyderabad) once the new facilities are commissioned must be re-worked. This is the way to rapidly and effectively expand our airport infrastructure.