The Indian government has rekindled plans to privatise four airports and will also list Airports Authority of India, the state-owned airport operator, on the stock market, the civil aviation ministry said on Monday.

The announcements form part of a draft set of reforms which the ministry hopes will aid growth in the aviation sector.

Millions more Indians are flying each year in one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets, but the government wants to speed up the process by expanding airports and boosting air connectivity in remote areas.

The ministry said airports in the cities of Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur will be developed under a publicprivate partnership (PPP) model, without setting a timeline for when they will tender out contracts to the private sector.

Four airports - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore - have already been privatised.

"Government's objective is to develop more airports in the PPP mode, with appropriate modifications to ensure competitiveness in costs," the ministry said.

The UPA government, which lost power in May, sought bidders in 2013 for the privatisation of six airports, but disagreement among government officials over the terms of a PPP deal, opposition and missed deadlines scuppered the plans.

The ministry said it will list the Airports Authority of India, which operates 46 domestic and 15 international airports, to improve efficiency and transparency, and sell shares in state-owned helicopter company Pawan Hans.