Lok Sabha Question No. 730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Vande Bharat Mission during COVID-19
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 730 (To be answered on the September 2020) 17th

## VANDE BHARAT MISSION DURING COVID-19

DR SUKANTA MAJUMDAR DR: JAYANTA KUMAR ROY SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO SHRI BHOLA SINGH SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- Bharat Mission (VBM) during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Government's reaction thereto;
- (b) if s0, the detaiis thereof including expenditure incurred on VBM till date along with the number %f persons brought back, phase and country-wise; (c) whether the Civil Aviation industry has been worst affected by lockdown due to COVID-I9 Pandemic and it 80, the details thereof including the
- (d) whether the Gevernment has planned to provide any stimulus package to
- provide relief to Civil Aviation sector and if So, the details thereof; and (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to revive Civil Aviation Industry in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Yes Sir

(b)

ii. As per the information received from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA); more than 11 Iakh Indians (excluding land border crossings) have

i The Ministry of Civil Aviation has not incurred any expenditure On the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) till date. The VBM passengers for their travel: paid

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

returned to India till 31.08.2020, under VBM:

iii. The phase wise and country wise details of the persons brought back by Air India and Air India Express under VBM are attached herewith as Annexure.

- (c); (d) and (e) 1. Based on the information received from the stakeholders, the impact of COVID-19 on the civil aviation sector are as under:
- ii.The domestic traffic has reduced from 58,530,038 during March-July 2019 to 12,084,952 during March-July 2020.
- There have been regulatory restrictions 0n flight operations in domestic and international sectors leading to severe curtailment in operations and suboptimal aircraft utilisation:
- ii.The international traffic has reduced from 9,345,469 during March-July in 2019 to 1,155,590 during March-July 2020.
- iv.The revenue of Indian carriers has reduced from INR 25,517 crore during April-June 2019 to INR 3,651 crore during April-June 2020.
- April-June 2019 to INR 894 crore during April- June 2020.
- vii The employment at airlines has reduced from 74,887 as n 31 March 2020
- vi. In respect of Air India, the total revenue has reduced from INR 7,066 crore during April-June 2019 to INR 1,531 crore during April-June 2020.
- viii; The employment at airports has reduced from 67,760 as on 31 March 2020 to 64,514 as on 31 July 2020.
- ix\_ The employment at ground handling agencies has reduced from 37,720 as on 31 March 2020 to 29,254 as on 31 July 2020.
- March 2020 to 8,538 as on 31 July 2020.
2. Efforts have been made to reduce the impact of the pandemic on the aviation sector. Some of the measures taken to support the aviation sector
- i. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, domestic air services have been restarted in a calibrated manner. Initially one third (33%) of the summer schedule 2020 was allowed to be operated which was subsequently increased to 45% on 26 June 2020  and then to 60% on 02 September 2020.
- iii; Exclusive air-links or Air Bubbles have been established with countries which include Afghanistan; Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany; Qatar; Maldives, UAE, UK and USA. These are temporary arrangements aimed at restarting international passenger services while regular international flights remain suspended due to COVID-19.
- ii. Operation of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) flights were allowed without the above-mentioned restrictions:
- iv: Promoted private investments in existing and new airports through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) route.
- V.Adequate care taken to ensure that cargo terminals at all major airports

were operational, whenever required.

- vi: GST rate reduced to 5% for domestic Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services
- cargo traffic:
- viii: Route rationalisation in the Indian airspace in coordination with Indian Air Force for efficient airspace management, shorter routes and reduced fuel burn.

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## Annexure in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no: 730 regarding Vande Bharat Mission

| Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                               | COUNTRY                                                       | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                    |
|                                                               | AFGHANISTAN                                                   | 902                                                           |
| 2_                                                            | ALGERIA                                                       | 649                                                           |
| 3_                                                            | ANGOLA                                                        | 531                                                           |
| 4_                                                            | ARMENIA                                                       | 720                                                           |
| 5                                                             | AUSTRALIA                                                     | 7,110                                                         |
| 6_                                                            | AZERBAIJAN                                                    | 186                                                           |
| 7 .                                                           | BAHRAIN                                                       | 22,769                                                        |
| 8                                                             | BANGLADESH                                                    | 5,019                                                         |
| 9                                                             | BARBADOS                                                      | 115                                                           |
| 10.                                                           | BELARUS                                                       | 225                                                           |
| 11.                                                           | BELGIUM                                                       | 287                                                           |
| 12_                                                           | BHUTAN                                                        | 85                                                            |
| 13                                                            | BRAZIL                                                        | 510                                                           |
| 14_                                                           | BRUNEI                                                        | 272                                                           |
| 15,                                                           | BULGARIA                                                      | 499                                                           |
| 16.                                                           | CAMBODIA                                                      | 289                                                           |
| 17.                                                           | CANADA                                                        | 11,384                                                        |
| 18.                                                           | CHINA                                                         | 513                                                           |
| 19.                                                           | DENMARK                                                       |                                                               |
|                                                               | DJIBOUTI                                                      | 233                                                           |
| 21 _                                                          | EGYPT                                                         | 1,890                                                         |
| 22_                                                           | ETHIOPIA                                                      | 6,101                                                         |
| 23_                                                           | FIJI                                                          | 5                                                             |
| 24.                                                           | FINLAND                                                       | 219                                                           |
| 25.                                                           | FRANCE                                                        | 12,385                                                        |
| 26_                                                           | GEORGIA                                                       | 862                                                           |
| 27 .                                                          | GERMANY                                                       | 14,108                                                        |
| 28.                                                           | GHANA                                                         | 302                                                           |
| 29                                                            | GREECE                                                        | 163                                                           |
| 30_                                                           | HONG KONG                                                     | 762                                                           |
| 31 _                                                          | INDONESIA                                                     | 2,585                                                         |
| 32                                                            | IRAN                                                          | 3,113                                                         |
| 33_                                                           | IRAQ                                                          | 6,661                                                         |
| 34.                                                           | IRELAND                                                       | 485                                                           |
| 35,                                                           | ISRAEL                                                        | 438                                                           |
|                                                               | ITALY                                                         | 2,957                                                         |
| 37 .                                                          | JAPAN                                                         | 2,699                                                         |
| 38.                                                           | JORDAN                                                        | 400                                                           |

| Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                        | COUNTRY                                                       | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                    |
| 39.                                                           | KAZAKHSTAN                                                    | 3,685                                                         |
| 40.                                                           | KENYA                                                         | 1,124                                                         |
| 41_                                                           | KUWAIT                                                        | 84,153                                                        |
| 42                                                            | KYRGYZSTAN                                                    | 11,142                                                        |
| 43_                                                           | LAOS                                                          | 427                                                           |
| 44,                                                           | LATVIA                                                        | 5                                                             |
| 45                                                            | LEBANON                                                       | 893                                                           |
| 46.                                                           | MADAGASCAR                                                    | 84                                                            |
| 47.                                                           | MALAYSIA                                                      | 11,464                                                        |
| 48.                                                           | MALDIVES                                                      | 6,747                                                         |
| 49.                                                           | MALTA                                                         | 102                                                           |
| 50.                                                           | MAURITIUS                                                     | 900                                                           |
| 51 .                                                          | MEXICO                                                        | 228                                                           |
| 52.                                                           | MOLDOVA                                                       | 243                                                           |
| 53.                                                           | MONGOLIA                                                      | 17                                                            |
|                                                               | MYANMAR                                                       | 659                                                           |
| 55.                                                           | NEPAL                                                         | 332                                                           |
| 56,                                                           | NETHERLANDS                                                   | 3,330                                                         |
|                                                               | NEW ZEALAND                                                   | 1,835                                                         |
| 58_                                                           | NIGERIA                                                       | 4,398                                                         |
| 59_                                                           | NORWAY                                                        | 267                                                           |
| 60_                                                           | OMAN                                                          | 75,367                                                        |
| 61.                                                           | PAKISTAN                                                      | 671                                                           |
| 62_                                                           | PHILIPPINES                                                   | 7,017                                                         |
| 63_                                                           | POLAND                                                        | 336                                                           |
| 64_                                                           | PORTUGAL                                                      | 54                                                            |
| 65.                                                           | QATAR                                                         | 95,652                                                        |
| 66_                                                           | ROMANIA                                                       | 8                                                             |
| 67 .                                                          | RUSSIA                                                        | 8,471                                                         |
| 68_                                                           | SAUDI ARABIA                                                  | 138,459                                                       |
| 69.                                                           | SCOTLAND                                                      | 35                                                            |
| 70_                                                           | SEYCHELLES                                                    | 864                                                           |
| 71_                                                           | SINGAPORE                                                     | 20,195                                                        |
| 72.                                                           | SOUTH AFRICA                                                  | 1,161                                                         |
| 73_                                                           | SOUTH KOREA                                                   | 1,081                                                         |
| 74.                                                           | SPAIN                                                         | 1,117                                                         |
| 75.                                                           | SRI LANKA                                                     | 7,208                                                         |
| 76.                                                           | SUDAN                                                         | 125                                                           |
| 77 .                                                          | SWEDEN                                                        | 1,270                                                         |
| 78                                                            | SWITZERLAND                                                   | 7                                                             |
| 79_                                                           | SYRIA                                                         | 12                                                            |

| Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   | Country wise number of repatriated Indians till 31 2020 Aug   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                               | COUNTRY                                                       | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                    |
| 80_                                                           | TAIWAN                                                        | 108                                                           |
| 81 ,                                                          | TAJIKISTAN                                                    | 1,374                                                         |
| 82.                                                           | TANZANIA                                                      | 1,640                                                         |
| 83.                                                           | THAILAND                                                      | 1,824                                                         |
| 84_                                                           | TUNISIA                                                       | 25                                                            |
| 85 ,                                                          | TURKEY                                                        | 1,102-                                                        |
| 86                                                            | TURKMENISTAN                                                  | 38                                                            |
| 87                                                            | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                                          | 394,950                                                       |
| 88_                                                           | UNITED KINGDOM                                                | 32,645                                                        |
| 89.                                                           | UKRAINE                                                       | 8,205                                                         |
| 90_                                                           | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                      | 66,692                                                        |
| 91_                                                           | UZBEKISTAN                                                    | 636                                                           |
| 92 _                                                          | VIETNAM                                                       | 648                                                           |
| 93                                                            | YEMEN                                                         |                                                               |
| 94                                                            | ZIMBABWE                                                      | 5                                                             |
| 95                                                            | OTHERS                                                        | 1,299                                                         |

| Phase-wise details for Air India Group till 31 Aug 2020   | Phase-wise details for Air India Group till 31 Aug 2020   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase 1                                                   | 12,708                                                    |
| Phase 2                                                   | 59,576                                                    |
| Phase 3                                                   | 94,539                                                    |
| Phase 4                                                   | 138,261                                                   |
| Phase 5                                                   | 142,318                                                   |
| Total                                                     | 447,402                                                   |