Lok Sabha Question No. 3880 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Progress of UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, ANIL SHIROLE, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, KAMLA DEVI PATLE, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE, JHINA  HIKAKA, ANTO  ANTONY, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 3880

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the August 2018) 9th

## PROGRESS OF UDAN SCHEME

3880.

SHRI AT. NANA PATIL

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

SHRI GEORGE BAKER

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE

SHRI KIRTI AZAD

SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE

SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

ADV. JOICE GEORGE

SHRI JHINA HIKAKA

SHRI ANTO ANTONY

SHRIMA TI MEENAKASHI LEKHI

SHRI V. ELUMALAI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (a) the current progress and achievements under regional air connectivity scheme, UDAN in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the revenue earned under this scheme since its inception across the country, airport and State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether any proposal has been received from Ministry of Tourism to connect some places of tourist interest under this scheme; if So, the details thereof;
- (d) whether air services under the scheme at some places have been discontinued, if s0, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether the VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel has been reduced as a part of the UDAN scheme and if s0, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the regional connectivity cess levied on flights between metro cities is successfully progressing and if so, the detaiis thereof and the details of income generated for regional connectivity fund under the new cess scheme;
- (g) the details of routes identified for helicopter services under UDAN, Statel UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Airports Authority of India (AAD), the Implementing Agency has awarded 27 proposals to five selected airline operators in Ist Round of Bidding under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN. Out of these, 22 have already commenced operations:

(6): Ministry of Tourism has requested to consider air connectivity %f iconic sites identified by them and introduction of cities/towns/places of tourist importance under RCS-UDAN

In Znd round of bidding under RCS-UDAN, 15 Selected Airline Operators have been awarded 88 (65 with Fixed & 23 with Helicopter) RCS networks consisting about 305 RCS routes. Out of these 305 RCS routes, operations on 26 routes have already commenced. Wing

(c): No revenue has been earned by Regional Air Connectivity Fund Trust (RACFT) under the scheme except deposits of RCS levy by scheduled airlines being operated within India.

(e): All scheduled airline operators have been remitting the RCS levy. Total funds collected from RCS levy till 03.08,2018 is Rs.268.10 crore approximately\_

(d): M/s Deccan Air and Air Odisha stopped their services in four sectors due to technical snag and slot allocation issues:

(6: As per provisions of RCS Scheme, State Government is required to reduce VAT on ATF to 1% or less at RCS Airports located within the State for 2 period 0f ten (10) years from the date 0f notification of this scheme

(g): Details of routes awarded by AAL; the Implementing Agency for helicopter services under second round of bidding under RCS-UDAN is at Annexure-L

Annexure-| State-wise\_Helicopter\_routes awarded in round of bidding\_under RCS-UDAN 2nd

| SNO   | State             | RCS route    | RCS route    | Operator       |
|-------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
| SNO   | State             | Alrport {D)  | Airport (A)  | Operator       |
|       | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla       | Mandi        | Pawan Hans     |
| 2     | Himachal Pradesh  | Mandi        | Dharamshala  | Pawan Hans     |
| 3.    | Himachal Pradesh  | Dharamshala  | Mandi        | Pawan Hans     |
| 4.    | Himachal Pradesh  | Mandi        | Shimla       | Pawan Hans     |
| 5.    | Himachal Pradesh  | Manali       | Kullu        | Pawan Hans     |
| 6     | Himachal Pradesh  | Kullu        | Mandi        | Pawan Hans     |
| 7_    | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla       | Mandi        | Pawan Hans     |
| 8     | Himachai Pradesh  | Mandi        | Shimla       | Pawan Hans     |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | Mandi        | Kullu        | Pawan Hans     |
| 10.   | Himachal Pradesh  | Kullu        | Manali       | Pawan Hans     |
| 11    | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla       | Rampu_       | Pawan Hans     |
| 12 _  | Himachal Pradesh  | Rampur       | NathpaJhakri | Pawan Hans     |
| 13.   | Himachal Pradesh  | NathpaJhakri | Rampur_      | Pawan Hans     |
| 14.   | Himachal Pradesh  | Rampur_      | Shimla       | Pawan Hans     |
| 15.   | Manipur           | Imphal       | Moreh        | Pawan Hans.    |
| 16    | Manipur           | Moreh        | Imphal       | Pawan Hans     |
| 17.   | Manipur           | Imphal       | Tamenglong   | Pawan Hans     |
| 18,   | Manipur           | Tamenglong   | Jiribam      | Pawan Hans     |
| 19    | Manipur           | Jiribam      | Tamenglong   | Pawan Hans     |
| 20.   | Manipur           | Tamenglong   | Imphal       | Pawan Hans     |
| 21.   | Manipur           | Imphal       | Thanlon      | Pawan Hans     |
| 22.   | Manipur           | Thanlon      | Parbung      | Pawan Hans     |
| 23_   | Manipur           | Parbung      | Thanlon      | Pawan Hans     |
| 24_   | Manipur           | Thanlon      | Imphal       | Pawan Hans     |
| 25.   | Assam             | Tezpur       | Jorhat       | Pawan Hans     |
| 26.   | Assam             | Jorhat       | Dibrugarh    | Pawan Hans     |
| 27    | Assam             | Dibrugarh    | Jorhat       | Pawan Hans     |
| 28.   | Assam             | Jorhat       | Tezpur       | Pawan Hans     |
| 29_   | Assam             | Guwahati     | Nagaon       | Skyone Airways |
| 30.   | Assam             | Nagaon       | Tezpur       | Skyone Airways |
| 31.   | Assam             | Tezpur_      | Itanagar     | Skyone Airways |
| 32_   | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar     | Tezpur       | Skyone Alrways |
| 33_   | Assam             | Tezpur       | Nagaon       | Skyone Airways |
| 34.   | Assam             | Nagaon       | Guwahati     | Skyone Airways |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun     | New Tehri    | Pawan Hans     |
| 36_   | Uttarakhand       | New Tehri    | Srinagar     | Pawan Hans     |
| 37.   | Uttarakhand       | Srinagar     | Gaucher      | Pawan Hans     |
| 38.   | Uttarakhand       | Gaucher      | Joshimath    | Pawan Hans     |
| 39.   | Uttarakhand       | Joshimath    | Gaucher      | Pawan Hans     |

| 40.   | Uttarakhand       | Gaucher       | Srinagar      | Pawan Hans     |
|-------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
| 41.   | Uttarakhand       | Srinagar_     | New Tehri     | Pawan Hans     |
| 42    | Uttarakhand       | New Tehri     | Dehradun      | Pawan Hans     |
| 43    | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun      | Mussoorie     | Pawan Hans     |
| 44,   | Uttarakhand       | Mussoorie     | Dehradun      | Pawan Hans     |
|       | Uttarakhand       | Dehradun      | Ramnagar      | Pawan Hans     |
| 46_   | Uttarakhand       | Ramnagar      | Pantnagar     | Pawan Hans     |
| 47.   | Uttarakhand       | Pantnagar     | Nainital      | Pawan Hans     |
| 48.   | Uttarakhand       | Nainital      | Pantnagar     | Pawan Hans     |
| 49.   | Uttarakhand       | Pantnagar     | Almora        | Pawan Hans     |
| 50.   | Uttarakhand       | Almora        | Pithoragarh   | Pawan Hans     |
| 51.   | Uttarakhand       | Pithoragarh   | Almora        | Pawan Hans     |
| 52_   | Uttarakhand       | Almora        | Pantnagar     | Pawan Hans     |
| 53    | Uttarakhand       | Pantnagar     | Ramnagar      | Pawan Hans     |
| 54.   | Uttarakhand       | Ramnagar      | Dehradun      | Pawan Hans     |
| 55_   | Uttarakhand       | Chinyali saur | Sahastradhara | Heritage       |
| 56    | Uttarakhand       | Gaucher       | Sahastradhara | Heritage_      |
|       | Uttarakhand       | Sahastradhara | Chinyali saur | Heritage       |
| 58_   | Assam             | Dibrugarh     | Lilabari      | Skyone Airways |
| 59    | Assam             | Lilabari      | Itanagar      | Skyone Airways |
| 60    | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar      | Lilabari      | Skyone Airways |
| 61_   | Assam             | Lilabari      | Dibrugarh_    | Skyone Airways |
| 62    | Assam             | Dibrugarh     | Daparizo      | Skyone Airways |
| 63    | Arunachal Pradesh | Daparizo      | Yinghiong     | Skyone Airways |
| 64_   | Arunachal Pradesh | Tuting _      | Dibrugarh     | Skyone Airways |
| 65_   | Arunachai Pradesh | Passighat     | Tuting        | Skyone Airways |
| 66    | Assam             | Dibrugarh     | Tezu          | Skyone Airways |
| 67    | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu          | Walong        | Skyone Airways |
| 68    | Arunachal Pradesh | Walong        | Dibrugarh     | Skyone Airways |
| 69_   | Arunachal Pradesh | Ziro          | Dibrugarh     | Heligo_        |
| 70.   | Himachal Pradesh  | Kasauli       | Shimla        | Pawan Hans     |
| 71_   | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla        | Kasauli       | Pawan Hans     |
| 72_   | Uttarakhand       | Dharchula     | Haldwani      | Heritage       |
| 73.   | Uttarakhand       | Haldwani      | Haridwar      | Heritage       |
| 74.   | Uttarakhand       | Haldwani      | Dharchula     | Heritage       |
| 75.   | Uttarakhand       | Karidwar      | Haldwani      | Heritage       |
| 76    | Uttarakhand       | Sahastradhara | Gaucher       | Heritage       |

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