Lok Sabha Question No. 1557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Status of Regional Air Connectivity Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, George Baker, CHINTAMAN NAVSHA WANAGA, FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA, R. VANAROJA, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, KIRIT SOMAIYA, GANESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 1557

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the 9th March 2017)

## STATUS OF REGIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY SCHEME

1557.

SHRI A.P JTHENDER REDDY

SHRI GEORGE BAKER

ADV. CHINTAMAN NAVASHA WANAGA

MOHAMMED FAIZAL

SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA

SHRI V. ELUMALAI

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY

SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI

SHRIMATI VANAROJA R

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI

DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA

SHRI GANESH SINGH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a )the present status of the Regional AirConnectivity Scheme/UDAN Scheme run by the Government in the country, State/UT-wise;
- and the number 0f passengers the benefit of this scheme since its inception;
- (b) the number of regions/States connected under the scheme; State/UT-wise got
- (c) the details of the revenue earned by the Government under this scheme
- (d) the details of funds allocated; released and spent under the scheme so far;
- since its inception; State/UT-wise and the details of the targets fixed and achievements made thereon;
- the details of proposals received to start flight services on regional routes and the basis for awarding these routes;
- providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports and if s0, the details of the mechanism to raise the above fund; and
- (f) whether the Government has created a Regional Connectivity Fund for
- (g) whether there is any monitoring mechanism in place for the scheme and if so, the details thereof and the timeframe for implementation of the scheme?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA); Government of India launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN on Z1st October; 2016. Airports Authority of India (AAD); Implementing Agency has invited bidding proposals for selection %f airline operator under RCS. During the first round of e bidding; 43 initial and 5 counter proposals have been- received from various airline operators After technical scrutiny 0f the proposal, financial bids in respect of 22 proposals have been opened in phase-I o 23.02.2017 for selection of airline operators under RCS. MoCA has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 18 States Governments UTs to implement RCS-UDAN in their States/UTs.
- (c): The Government has not earned any revenue under this Scheme.
- (b): During the first round of bidding, proposals under RCS have been received in respect of 92 airports( 30 currently served airports, 12 currently under-served airports and 50 currently un-served airports) The list is enclosed at Annexure-I
- (d): The Viability Gap Funding (VGF) to the selected airline operators will be released after flying operation under RCS.
- (9): Government of India has created Regional Connectivity Fund (RCF) to promote Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) in the country. Central Government has decided to impose a levy on scheduled flights operated within India to fund Regional Air Connectivity Fund (RCF); in the following manner:
- (e): During the first round of bidding; 43 initials and 5 counter proposals have been received from various airline operators under RCS-UDAN. The preferred airline operator under RCS-UDAN will be selected by following a transparent bidding process.
- i) Rs: 7,500 with stage length upto 1,000 km:
- iii) Rs: 8,500 with stage length above 1,500 km:
- ii) Rs. 8,000 with stage length more than 1,000 km to 1,500 km and
- However, following flights shall be exempted from the said levy:
- ii) Flights operated on RCS routes:
- i) Flights operated on CAT II/ CAT IIA routes as specified in Route Dispersal Guidelines issued under Rule 134 (1A):
- iii) Flights operated with aircraft having maximum certified take off mass not exceeding 40,000 kg:
- (g): A high level Steering Committee headed by Secretary, Civil Aviation has been constituted to review the scheme from time to time and issue necessary directions as may be necessary for smooth implementation of the Scheme:

## LiST OF AIRPORTIHELIPADS FOR WHICH BIDDERS HAVE APPLIED ROUTES (SERVED -30, UNDERSERVED-12 & UNSERVED-5O = TOTAL 92)

|       | S.NO NAME OF AIRPORT      | STATUS OF AIRPORT   |
|-------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 1     | Agartala                  | Served              |
| 2     | Ahmedabad                 | Served              |
| 3     | Aizawl                    | Served              |
| 4     | Aurangabad                | Served              |
| 5     | Bagdogra                  | Served              |
| 6     | Bangalore Airport         | Served              |
| 7     | Bhubaneshwar              |                     |
| 8     | Chennai                   | Served              |
| 9     | CSI Airport Mumbai        | Served              |
| 10    | Dehradun                  | Served              |
| 11    | Dimapur                   | Served              |
| 12    | Goa                       | Served              |
| 13    | Gorakhpur                 | Served              |
| 14    | Hubli                     | Served              |
| 15    | Hyderabad(Shamshabad)     | Served              |
| 16    | IGI Airport Delhi         | Served              |
| 17    | Indore                    | Served              |
| 18    | Jaipur                    | Served              |
| 19    | Kolkata                   | Served              |
| 20    | Lucknow                   | Served              |
| 21 22 | Pune Raipur               | Served Served       |
| 23    | Silchar                   | Served              |
| 24    | Srinagar                  | Served              |
| 25    | Surat                     | Served              |
| 26    | Tirupati                  | Served              |
| 27    | Varanasi                  | Served              |
| 28    | Ranchi                    | Served              |
| 29    | Vijayawada                | Served              |
| 30    | Vishakhapatnam            | Served Underserved  |
| 31 32 | Agra                      | Underserved         |
| 33    | Andal(Durgapur) Bhavnagar | Underserved         |
| 34    | Diu                       | Underserved         |
| 35    |                           | Underserved         |
|       | Gwalior                   | Underserved         |
| 37    | Kadapa                    | Underserved         |
|       | Kullu(Bhuntar)            | Underserved         |
| 38    |                           |                     |
| 39    | Pantnagar                 | Underserved         |
| 40    | Pondicherry               | Underserved         |
| 41    | Porbandar                 | Underserved         |
| 42    | Shillong(Barapani)        | Underserved         |
| 43    | Ahemad Nagar              | Unserved            |
| 44    | Ambikapur                 | Unserved            |
| 45    | Amravati                  | Unserved            |
| 46    | Bangalore(cehal)          | Unserved            |
| 47    | Bhatinda                  | Unserved Unserved   |

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| SNO-INAME OF AIRPORT   | SNO-INAME OF AIRPORT   | STATUS OF AIRPORT   |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
| 49                     | Bikaner (Nal)          |                     |
| 50                     | Bilaspur               | Unserved            |
| 51                     | Burnpur                | Unserved            |
| 52                     | Cooch Behar            | Unserved            |
| 53                     | Daman                  | Unserved            |
| 54                     | Hosur                  | Unserved            |
| 55                     | Imphal(Korangee)       | Unserved            |
| 56                     | Jagdalpur              | Unserved            |
| 57                     | Jaisalmer              | Unserved            |
| 58                     | Jalgaon                | Unserved            |
| 59                     | Jamshedpur             | Unserved            |
| 60                     | Jeypore                | Unserved            |
| 61                     | Jharsuguda             | Unserved            |
| 62                     | Jiribam                | Unserved            |
| 63                     | Jullandhar             | Unserved            |
| 64                     | Kandla                 | Unserved            |
| 65                     | Kanpur(Chakeri)        | Unserved            |
| 66                     |                        | Unserved            |
| 67                     | Kolhapur               | Unserved            |
| 68                     | Latur(MADC)            | Unserved            |
| 69                     | Ludhiana               | Unserved            |
| 70                     | Mithapur(Dwarka)       | Unserved            |
| 71                     | Moreh                  | Unserved            |
| 72                     | MumbailJuhu)           | Unserved            |
| 73                     | Mundra                 | Unserved            |
| 74                     | MysorelMandacally)     | Unserved            |
| 75                     | Nanded                 | Unserved            |
| 76                     | Nasik Road             | Unserved            |
|                        | Neyveli                | Unserved            |
| 78                     | Ozar(Nasik)            | Unserved            |
| 79                     | Pahalgam_              | Unserved            |
| 80                     | Parbung                | Unserved            |
| 81                     | Pathankot              | Unserved            |
| 82                     | Raigarh(Jindal)        | Unserved            |
| 83                     | Ratnagiri              | Unserved            |
| 84                     | Rourkela(Sail)         | Unserved            |
| 85                     | Salem                  | Unserved            |
| 86                     | Shimla                 | Unserved            |
| 87                     | Sholapur               | Unserved            |
| 88                     | Sonamarg               | Unserved            |
| 89                     | Tamenglong             | Unserved            |
| 90                     | Thanlon                | Unserved            |
| 91                     | Utkela                 | Unserved Unserved   |
| 92                     | Vidyanagar             | Unserved            |

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