New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Singapore Airlines, backed by state investor Temasek Holdings Pte, is expected to seek greater influence over management and stronger governance rights before approving a capital injection into Air India Ltd., according to two people familiar with the matter.

The proposed conditions, which would be negotiated with Air India's majority owner Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd., is likely to include greater board voting power and requirements for the Indian carrier to narrow its losses, the people said. Temasek, Singapore Airlines' majority shareholder, would neither provide the capital itself nor intervene in the carrier's decisions concerning Air India, they said.

The discussion of conditions comes after Reuters last month reporte...