No security clearance given to Jet-Etihad deal; MHA tells DEA

November 07, 2013 20:54

The Home Ministry has conveyed to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) that it has not given security clearance to the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways' proposal to buy a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways.

Weeks after the the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared the Rs 2,058 crore deal, the Home Ministry told the DEA that it was still studying the proposal and so far no security clearance given to it.

Sources said the Home Ministry has said the CCEA decision was taken without any input from security agencies and the Ministry was not aware of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board's (FIPB) decision giving its consent.

The FIPB cleared the proposal on July 29.

"DEA had neither specified any urgency nor had provided clarification sought vide this ministry... this ministry was not even aware of the exact decision of FIPB (as the minutes of the meeting had not been received)," the MHA informed the DEA in a letter.

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