Lok Sabha Question No. 4236 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Augmentation of Air Connectivity under UDAN Scheme in Jharkhand
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4236 (To be answered on the July 2019) 18th

## LOK SABHA

## AUGMENTATION OF AIR CONNECTIVITY UNDER UDAN SCHEME IN JHARKHAND

4236.

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the names of cities, new routes and closed airports which have been selected for operation of flight service under UDAN scheme in the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c) the States with maximum number of airports and helipads which would see activation/operation under UDAN-2 Scheme;
- (b) whether the Union Government proposes to commence a third phase of the regional connectivity scheme, UDAN -3 to augment air connectivity to remote locations in the country including Jharkhand and if s0, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Union Government proposes to make it mandatory for the private air operators to sell their tickets at concessional rates to enhance air connectivity and if s0, the details thereof;
- (f) the funds allocated/spent and achievements/progress made under UDAN scheme So far?
- (e) the details of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Governments of Jharkhand and Karnataka with AAI to develop airports in the States; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) & (b): Under three rounds of bidding in Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)UDAN, 106 airports/waterdromes (76 Unserved, 20 Underserved and 10 waterdromes) and 31 heliports have been selected for air operations and routes awarded to Selected Airline Operators List of such airports/waterdromes and heliports are at Annexure A and B respectively. Out of these, 40 RCS UDAN Airports (17 underserved & 23 unserved) have been revived/developed for operationalization of RCS flights The list of these airports is at Annexure-C.

- (c):Maximum number of RCS airports & heliports have been awarded for operation of RCS flights in Uttarakhand:
- (d): The primary objective of RCS is to facilitatel/stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable: Under the Scheme, an airfare cap has been kept for an RCS seat only.
- (e) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for development of existing airport at Dhalbhumgarh between Government of Jharkhand and Airports Authority of India was signed

Another Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for development of existing airport at Deoghar between Government of Jharkhand, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Airports Authority of India was signed on 25.03.2017.

AAI has not signed any MoU with Government of Karnataka to develop airports in the State.

(f): Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the proposal on 06 March, 2017 for revival of existing unserved/ underserved airports airstrips of the State Governments, Airports Authority of India and Civil Enclaves at an estimated cost of Rs. 4500 Crore. However, the revival of these unserved/underserved airports is 'demand driven' depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Governments for providing various concessions: To operationalize 186 routes, Rs.256 crore has been spent towards VGF. Details of the amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred for revival of development of airports of rounds 1 and 2 under RCS-UDAN are attached as Annexure -D\_

## Annexure-A

## List of RCS (Unserved and Underserved) Airports Waterdrome (W) identified in and round of bidding 2nd 3rd

| S    | State             | Owner                      | Airport                      | Status      |
|------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
| 1    | Andaman Nicobar   | INS                        | Campbell (3) Bay             | Unserved    |
| 2    |                   | IAF                        | Car Nicobar (3)              | Unserved    |
| 3_   |                   | INS                        | Shibpur (3)                  | Unserved    |
| 4_   |                   | INS                        | Havelock (W-3)               | Unserved    |
| 5_   |                   | INS                        | Long Island (W-3)            | Unserved    |
| 6_   |                   | INS                        | Neil Port (W-3)              | Unserved    |
| 7_   | Andhra Pradesh    | AAI                        | Kadapa                       | Underserved |
| 8    |                   | AP Airports Dev. Corp Ltd_ | Kurnool (3)                  | Unserved    |
| 9    |                   | State Govt.                | Parkasam Barrage (W-3)       | Unserved    |
| 10.  | Arunachal Pradesh | IAF                        | Passighat (2)                | Unserved    |
|      |                   | AAI                        | Tezu                         | Unserved    |
| 12.  | Assam             | AAI                        | Rupsi (2                     | Unserved    |
| 13.  |                   | IAF (CE AAI)               |                              | Underserved |
| 14   |                   | AAI                        | Lilabari (2)                 | Underserved |
| 15.  |                   | IAF (CE AAI)               | Tezpur (2                    | Underserved |
| 16.  |                   | State Govt.                | Guwahati River Front( W-3)   | Unserved    |
| 17.  |                   | State Govt.                | Umrangso Reservoir (W- 3)    | Unserved    |
| 18.  | Bihar             | IAF                        | Darbhunga (2                 | Unserved    |
| 19.  | Chattisgarh       | AAI                        | Bilaspur                     | Unserved    |
| 20_  |                   | State Govt.                | Ambikapur                    | Unserved    |
| 21_  |                   | JSPL                       | Raigarh (Jindal)             | Unserved    |
| 22.  |                   | State Govt:                | Jagdalpur                    | Unserved    |
| 23 . | Daman & Diu       | AAI                        | Diu                          | Underserved |
| 24.  |                   | AAI                        | Daman (3                     | Unserved    |
| 25.  | Gujarat           | AAI                        | Bhavnagar                    | Underserved |
| 26.  |                   | AAI                        | Jamnagar                     | Underserved |
| 27.  |                   | AAI                        | Kandla                       | Un served   |
| 28.  |                   | AAI                        | Porbandar                    | Underserved |
| 29.  |                   | TATA Chemicals             | Mithapur (Dwarka)            | Unserved    |
|      |                   | Mundra & SEZ               | Mundra                       | Unserved    |
| 31_  |                   | AAI                        | Keshod                       | Unserved    |
| 32   |                   | State Govt.                | Sabarmati River Front( W-3 , | Unserved    |
|      |                   | State Govt.                | Shatrunjay Dam (W-3)         | Unserved    |
| 34.  |                   | State Govt:                | Statue of Unity (W-3)        | Unserved    |
| 35.  | Haryana           | State Govt.                | Hissar (2)                   | Unserved    |

|      | State             | Owner                  | Airport              | Status      |
|------|-------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------|
| 36.  |                   | IAF                    |                      | Unserved    |
| 37.  | Himachal Pradesh  | AAI                    | Shimla               | Unserved    |
| 38.  |                   | AAI                    | Kullu                | Underserved |
| 39.  | Jammu and Kashmir | IAF                    | Kargil (2)           | Unserved    |
| 40_  |                   | IAF                    | Thoise (3_           | Underserved |
| 41_  | Jharkhand         | TATA Steel Ltd.        | Jamshedpur           | Unserved    |
| 42_  |                   | SAIL                   | Bokaro               | Unserved    |
| 43_  |                   | State Govt.            | Dumka                | Unserved    |
| 44_  |                   | State Govt.            | Hazaribagh (3        | Unserved    |
| 45_  | Karnataka         | AAI                    | Mysore_              | Unserved    |
| 46   |                   | Private JSPL           | Vidyanagar_          | Unserved    |
| 47   |                   | ASPL Ltd:              | Baldota/Koppal       | Unserved    |
| 48.  |                   | AAI                    | Hubli                | Underserved |
| 49_  |                   | State Govt.            | Kalaburgi (3)        | Unserved    |
| 50.  |                   | AAI                    | Belgaum (3)          | Underserved |
| 51_  | Kerala            | KIAL                   | Kannur (2)           | Unserved    |
| 52.  | Madhya Pradesh    | IAF                    | Gwalior              | Underserved |
| 53.  | Maharashtra       | AAI                    | Jalgaon_             | Unserved    |
| 54   |                   | AAI                    | Kolhapur             | Unserved    |
| 55.  |                   | AAI                    | Sholapur             | Unserved    |
| 56.  |                   | HAL                    | Ozar (Nasik)         | Unserved    |
| 57   |                   | MIDC                   | Nanded               | Unserved    |
| 58.  |                   | MADC                   | Amravati (3)         | Unserved    |
| 59.  |                   | State Govt:            | Sindhudurg (3        | Unserved    |
| 60.  |                   | Coast Guard            | Ratnagiri (3)        | Unserved    |
| 61.  | Meghalaya         | AAI                    | Shillong_(Barapani)_ | Underserved |
| 62   | Nagaland          | AAI                    | Dimapur (3 3         | Underserved |
| 63 . | Odisha            | AAI                    | Jharsuguda           | Unserved    |
| 64   |                   | PSU SAIL               | Rourkela             | Unserved    |
| 65   |                   | State Govt:            | Utkela               | Unserved    |
| 66_  |                   | State Govt. Air Odisha | Jeypore              | Unserved    |
| 67.  | Pondicherry (U.T) | AAI                    | Pondicherry          | Underserved |
| 68.  | Punjab            | AAI                    | Ludhiana             | Unserved    |
| 69.  |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI     | Adampur              | Unserved    |
| 70.  |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI     | Bhatinda             | Unserved    |
| 71 . |                   | Civil Enclave- AAI     | Pathankot            | Unserved    |
| 72_  | Rajasthan         | Civil Enclave- AAI     | Bikaner (Nal)        | Unserved    |
| 73   |                   | Civil Enclave-         | Jaisalmer            | Unserved    |

| S No.   | State         | Owner                       | Airport                | Status      |
|---------|---------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|-------------|
|         |               | AAI                         |                        |             |
| 74_     |               | AAI                         | Kishangarh (2)         | Unserved    |
| 75 .    |               | IAF                         | Uterlai (2             | Unserved    |
| 76.     |               | AAI                         | Kota (3,               | Unserved    |
| 77 .    | Sikkim        | AAI                         | Pakyong (              | Unserved    |
| 78      | Tamil Nadu    | AAI                         | Salem                  | Unserved    |
|         |               | Neyveli Lignite Corporation | Neyveli                | Unserved    |
| 80.     |               | IAF                         | Tanjore                | Unserved    |
| 81.     |               | AAI                         | Vellore                | Unserved    |
| 82.     |               | Naval Air Station           | Ramnad (3_             | Unserved    |
| 83 .    | Telangana     | State Govt.                 | Nagarjuna Sagar (W-3)  | Unserved    |
| 84.     | Uttar Pradesh | Civil Enclave- AAI          | Agra                   | Underserved |
| 85      |               | Civil Enclave- AAI          | Kanpur (chakeri)       | Unserved    |
| 86.     |               | State Govt:                 | Aligarh                | Unserved    |
| 87.     |               | State Govt:                 | Azamgarh (2            | Unserved    |
| 88.     |               | IAF                         | Bareilly (2_           | Unserved    |
| 89.     |               | State Govt.                 | Chitrakoot             | Unserved    |
| 90.     |               | AAI                         | Jhansi                 | Unserved    |
| 91_     |               | State Govt:                 | Moradabad              | Unserved    |
| 92      |               | State Govt:                 | Muirpur(Korba) (2)     | Unserved    |
| 93.     |               | State Govt:                 | Shravasti              | Unserved    |
| 94.     |               | IAF (CE AAI)                | Allahabad              | Unserved    |
| 95.     |               | State Govt.                 | Faizabad (3)           | Unserved    |
| 96.     |               |                             |                        | Unserved    |
| 97.     |               | State Govt.                 | Kushinagar (3          | Unserved    |
| 98      |               | IAF                         | Saharanpur(Sarsawa  (3 | Unserved    |
| 99_     |               | State Govt:                 | Meerut (3,             | Unserved    |
| 100.    | Uttarakhand   | AAI                         | Pantnagar              | Underserved |
| 101_    |               | State Govt:                 | Pithoragarh            | Unserved    |
| 102.    | West Bengal   | AAI                         | Cooch behar            | Un served   |
| 103 .   |               | ISSCO                       | Burnpur                | Un served   |
| 104.    |               | Private                     | Durgapur(Andal)        | Underserved |
| 105_    |               | IAF                         | Hashimara (3)          | Unserved    |
| 106.    |               | IAF                         | Kalaikunda (3)         | Unserved    |

## Annexure-B

## State wise list of Heliports identified in round of bidding under RCS-UDAN 2nd

| SN   | Row Labels        | Airport            | Owner            |
|------|-------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1    | Arunachal Pradesh | DAPARIZO           | ARMY             |
| 2    |                   | Itanagar(H)        | State Govt_      |
| 3    |                   | TUTING             | IAF              |
| 4_   |                   | WALONG             | IAF              |
| 5_   |                   | YINGHIONG          | ARMY             |
| 6_   |                   | ZIRO               | IAF              |
| 7    | Assam             | Nagaon(H)          | State Govt:      |
| 8    | Himachal Pradesh  | Kasauli(H)         | ARMY             |
| 9    |                   | Manali(H)          | DRDO             |
| 10_  |                   | Mandi(H)           | State Govt.      |
| 11.  |                   | NathpaJhakri(H)    | State Govt.      |
| 12_  |                   | Rampur(H)          | State Govt.      |
| 13.  |                   | Shimla(H) Annadale | State Government |
| 14_  | Manipur           | Jiribam(H)         | State Govt.      |
| 15_  |                   | Moreh(H)           | Assam Rifles     |
| 16.  |                   | Parbung(H)         | Assam Rifles     |
| 17.  |                   | Tamenglong(H)      | Assam Rifles     |
| 18_  |                   | Thanlon(H)         | Assam Rifles     |
| 19   | Uttarakhand       | Almora(H)          | ARMY             |
| 20.  |                   | CHINYALI SAUR      | State Govt:      |
| 21.  |                   | Dharchula(H)       | ARMY             |
| 22_  |                   | GAUCHER            | State Govt.      |
| 23.  |                   | Haldwani(H)        | State Govt.      |
| 24_  |                   | Haridwar(H)        | State Govt:      |
| 25.  |                   | Joshimath(H)       | ARMY             |
| 26.  |                   | Mussoorie(H)       | State Govt.      |
| 27   |                   | Nainital(H)        | ARMY             |
| 28.  |                   | New Tehri(h)       | State Govt.      |
| 29_  |                   | Ramnagar(H)        | State Govt.      |
| 30.  |                   | Sahastradhara(h)   | State Govt:      |
| 31_  |                   | Srinagar(H)        | State Govt.      |

## List of RCS Airports started till date

| S N   | State            | Airport         | Date of Operationalization   |
|-------|------------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   | KADAPA          | 27/04/2017                   |
| 2.    | Assam            | JORHAT          | 08/01/2018                   |
| 3.    |                  | LILABARI        | 15/01/2019                   |
| 4.    |                  | TEZPUR          | 26/04/2018                   |
| 5     | Chattisgarh      | JAGDALPUR       | 14/06/2018                   |
| 6.    | Daman & Diu      | DIU             | 24/02/2018                   |
| 7 .   | Gujarat          | BHAVNAGAR       | 05/01/2018                   |
| 8     |                  | JAMNAGAR        | 17/02/2018                   |
| 9.    |                  | KANDLA          | 10/07/2017                   |
| 10.   |                  | MUNDRA          | 17/02/2018                   |
| 11.   |                  | PORBANDAR       | 10/07/2017                   |
| 12_   | Himachal Pradesh | SHIMLA          | 27/04/2017                   |
| 13.   | Karnataka        | BELGAUM         | 05/01/2019                   |
| 14.   |                  | HUBLI           | 14/05/2018                   |
| 15 _  |                  | MYSORE          | 20/09/2017                   |
| 16.   |                  | VIDYANAGAR      | 21/09/2017                   |
| 17.   | Kerala           | KANNUR          | 25/01/2019                   |
| 18.   | Madhya Pradesh   | GWALIOR         | 31/05/2017                   |
| 19_   | Maharashtra      | JALGAON         | 23/12/2017                   |
| 20.   |                  | KOLHAPUR        | 08/04/2018                   |
| 21.   |                  | NANDED          | 27/04/2017                   |
| 22.   |                  | OZAR(NASIK)     | 23/12/2017                   |
| 23.   | Meghalaya        | SHILLONG        | 26/04/2018                   |
| 24.   | Odisha           | JHARSUGUDA      | 22/09/2018                   |
| 25 _  | Pondicherry (UT) | PONDICHERRY     | 16/08/2017                   |
| 26.   | Punjab           | ADAMPUR         | 01/05/2018                   |
| 27 _  |                  | BHATINDA        | 27/04/2017                   |
| 28.   |                  | LUDHIANA        | 02/09/2017                   |
| 29.   |                  | PATHANKOT       | 05/04/2018                   |
| 30_   | Rajasthan        | BIKANER         | 26/09/2017                   |
| 31_   |                  | JAISALMER       | 29/10/2017                   |
| 32_   |                  | KISHANGARH      | 08/10/2018                   |
| 33_   | Sikkim           | PAKYONG         | 04/10/2018                   |
| 34.   | Tamil Nadu       | SALEM           | 25/03/2018                   |
| 35_   | Uttar Pradesh    | AGRA            | 08/12/2017                   |
| 36.   |                  | ALLAHABAD       | 14/06/2018                   |
| 37 _  |                  | KANPUR(Chakeri) | 03/07/2018                   |
| 38_   | Uttarakhand      | PANTNAGAR       | 04/01/2019                   |
| 39_   |                  | PITHORAGARH     | 17/01/2019                   |
| 40_   | West Bengal      | DURGAPUR        | 25/06/2019                   |

| Annexure D                                                                        | Annexure D                                                                        | Annexure D                                                                        | Annexure D                                                                        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CAPEX SUMMARY as on 30-06-2019                                                    | CAPEX SUMMARY as on 30-06-2019                                                    | CAPEX SUMMARY as on 30-06-2019                                                    | CAPEX SUMMARY as on 30-06-2019                                                    |
| Amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred for revival of development of Airports | Amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred for revival of development of Airports | Amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred for revival of development of Airports | Amount sanctioned and expenditure incurred for revival of development of Airports |
|                                                                                   |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | Rs. in crore)                                                                     |
|                                                                                   | RCS UDAN 1                                                                        | 1769.86                                                                           | 681.56                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                 | RCS UDAN - 2                                                                      | 727.02                                                                            | 259.03                                                                            |
|                                                                                   | Total_                                                                            | 2496.88                                                                           | 940.59                                                                            |