Vijay Mallya to meet Chidambaram today
March 05, 2013  08:41
Grounded airline Kingfisher's promoter Vijay Mallya is likely to meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday and financial trouble the carrier is facing is believed to be on agenda for discussions.

"Vijay Mallya is coming to meet the Finance Minister on Tuesday," sources told PTI. 

Mallya had met Law Minister Ashwani Kumar last month to discuss ways to deal with the problems facing his airline. 

The scheduled meeting with Chidambaram comes against the backdrop of Kingfisher's lenders last month deciding to start the  process to recover dues of over Rs 7,500 crore. 

The beleaguered airline has dues towards payment of service tax, income tax, as also Provident Fund of employees and dues of the oil companies. 

Besides, it has to pay huge amounts to the lessors of its aircraft and service providers like the Airports Authority of India. 
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