Answer- D
1) Vikram Dev Dutt, a senior bureaucrat and a 1993-batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre, has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India Ltd. As per the Personnel Ministry's order, Dutt will hold the position of Air India Chief with the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. Before joining Air India, he served as the Principal Secretary (Tourism) in the Delhi government.
2) In October of last year, the Centre accepted a bid from Tata Sons to acquire 100% of the debt-ridden state-run carrier for Rs 18,000 crore. However, the takeover has not been completed yet. The winning bid from Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding company of the salt-to-software conglomerate, was for Rs 2,700 crore in cash and Rs 15,300 crore in debt takeover.