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Manmohan Singh, Indias prime minister, and Vayalar Ravi, aviation minister, met the heads of the countrys prevalent private-sector airlines end weekend but rebuff agreement was reached concluded budding government assistance.Apart from allowing foreign carriers to invest indoors Indian ones, the aviation office has plus initiated talks with area state governments to reduction the sales overtax on jet fuel indoors a offer to help the ailing airlines. The proposal is to halve the reproach, which varies from state to state next to connecting 8 and 24%.Vijay Mallya, chairman of Kingfisher, did not attend the engagement with the prime minister, despite his cash-strapped carrier which was mandatory this month to cancel 50 flights a generation being the most evil affected by the sectors troubles.Mr Mallya, who additionally controls the countrys biggest drinks categorize by sales, told the monetary time on November 17 so as to he was close to securing a $370m deal with unnamed Indian investors and a banking association to save his categorize. However, he has yet to announce a final deal.