Lok Sabha Question No. 1902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Transportation of Essential Medical Cargo under Lifetime UDAN
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

(To be answered on the September 2020) 22nd

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1902

## TRANSPORTATION OF ESSENTIAL MEDICAL CARGO UNDER LIFETIME UDAN

1902.

MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) whether the Government has data with regard to the total number of details thereof, country-wise with the passengers 's details, State-wise especially Maharashtra; along
2. (b) whether the Government has any data with  regard to the transportation details thereof
3. %f essential medical cargo under Lifeline UDAN and if s0, the State-wise with the charges charged; if any; and along
4. () whether the Government has given any conditional exemption to any State Government agency for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System during the iast six months and if the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (4vande Bharat Mission consists %f special repatriation flights operated by carriers. As per information provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), till 31.08.2020, more than 11 lakh Indians (excluding land border crossings)have returned to India under the Vande Bharat Mission  Countrywise and State-wise number of passengers returned are at Annexure A,

(b): Ministry %f Civil Aviation launched 'Lifeline UDAN' 0 26.03.2020. Lifeline UDAN was 9 initiative to ensure a steady supply of essentials as weli as medical supplies, PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment): test kits etc. to all Parts of the country For this purpose; the Ministry facilitated establishing Lifeline UDAN mechanism to match the requirements/consignments 0f States

TUTs/MoHFW (HLL & ICMRYother Ministries with special flight\_

were to incur the transportation cost for Lifeline UDAN flights;, However;, a was-approved for payments of Lifeline UDAN crore MoCA: As of 18.09.2020, an amount of Rs.18.95 operations to be made by MoCA to airlines/ground handling crore has been reimbursed by wise details of flights are at agencies for Lifeline UDAN flights. StateAnnexure B.

(c): The Ministry %f Civil Aviation  upto 31.08.2020, has exemption to the following State Government granted conditional Aircraft System: agencies for Remotely Piloted

- iMaharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd,

iii. Department % Agriculture; Agriculture Education and Research, Government of Uttar Pradesh

- vi Government Aviation Training Institute, Bhubaneswar
- ivAgriculture and Earmers Welfare Department; Government of Haryana Faridabad Storage (DPPQS),
- vii. Telangana State Aviation Academy, Hyderabad

| COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                              | COUNTRY                                                      | NO_OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                    |
| 1_                                                           | AFGHANISTAN                                                  | 902                                                          |
| 2_                                                           | ALGERIA                                                      | 649                                                          |
| 3                                                            | ANGOLA                                                       | 531                                                          |
| 4.                                                           | ARMENIA                                                      | 720                                                          |
| 5.                                                           | AUSTRALIA                                                    | 7110                                                         |
| 6.                                                           | AZERBAIJAN                                                   | 186                                                          |
| 7 .                                                          | BAHRAIN                                                      | 22769                                                        |
|                                                              | BANGLADESH                                                   | 5019                                                         |
| 9                                                            | BARBADOS                                                     | 115                                                          |
| 10.                                                          | BELARUS                                                      | 225                                                          |
| 11.                                                          | BELGIUM                                                      | 287                                                          |
| 12.                                                          | BHUTAN                                                       | 85                                                           |
| 13.                                                          | BRAZIL                                                       | 510                                                          |
|                                                              | BRUNEI                                                       | 272                                                          |
| 15.                                                          | BULGARIA                                                     | 499                                                          |
| 16.                                                          | CAMBODIA                                                     | 289                                                          |
| 17.                                                          | CANADA                                                       | 11384                                                        |
| 18,                                                          | CHINA                                                        | 513                                                          |
| 19.                                                          | DENMARK                                                      | 52                                                           |
| 20.                                                          | DJIBOUTI                                                     | 233                                                          |
| 21_                                                          | EGYPT                                                        | 1890                                                         |
| 22                                                           | ETHIOPIA                                                     | 6101                                                         |
|                                                              | FIJI                                                         | 5                                                            |
| 24                                                           | FINLAND                                                      | 219                                                          |
|                                                              | FRANCE                                                       | 12385                                                        |
| 26.                                                          | GEORGIA                                                      | 862                                                          |
| 27 .                                                         | GERMANY                                                      | 14108                                                        |
| 28_                                                          | GHANA                                                        | 302                                                          |
| 29,                                                          | GREECE                                                       | 163                                                          |
| 30.                                                          | HONG KONG                                                    | 762                                                          |
| 31 .                                                         | INDONESIA                                                    | 2585                                                         |
| 32.                                                          | IRAN                                                         | 3113                                                         |
| 33_                                                          | IRAQ                                                         | 6661                                                         |
| 34.                                                          | IRELAND                                                      | 485                                                          |
| 35_                                                          | ISRAEL                                                       | 438                                                          |
| 36.                                                          | ITALY                                                        | 2957                                                         |

| COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI: No.                                                      | COUNTRY                                                      | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                   |
| 37 .                                                         | JAPAN                                                        | 2699                                                         |
| 38                                                           | JORDAN                                                       | 400                                                          |
| 39.                                                          | KAZAKHSTAN                                                   | 3685                                                         |
| 40.                                                          | KENYA                                                        | 1124                                                         |
|                                                              | KUWAIT                                                       | 84153                                                        |
| 42                                                           | KYRGYZSTAN                                                   | 11142                                                        |
| 43,                                                          | LAOS                                                         | 427                                                          |
| 44.                                                          | LATVIA                                                       | 5                                                            |
| 45.                                                          | LEBANON                                                      | 893                                                          |
| 46.                                                          | MADAGASCAR                                                   | 84                                                           |
| 47.                                                          | MALAYSIA                                                     | 11464                                                        |
| 48.                                                          | MALDIVES                                                     | 6747                                                         |
| 49.                                                          | MALTA                                                        | 102                                                          |
| 50.                                                          | MAURITIUS                                                    | 900                                                          |
| 51 ,                                                         | MEXICO                                                       | 228                                                          |
|                                                              | MOLDOVA                                                      | 243                                                          |
| 53,                                                          | MONGOLIA                                                     | 17                                                           |
| 54_                                                          | MYANMAR                                                      | 659                                                          |
| 55.                                                          | NEPAL                                                        | 332                                                          |
| 56.                                                          | NETHERLANDS                                                  | 3330                                                         |
| 57 .                                                         | NEW ZEALAND                                                  | 1835                                                         |
| 58,                                                          | NIGERIA                                                      | 4398                                                         |
| 59.                                                          | NORWAY                                                       | 267                                                          |
| 60.                                                          | OMAN                                                         | 75367                                                        |
| 61_                                                          | PAKISTAN                                                     | 671                                                          |
| 62                                                           | PHILIPPINES                                                  | 7017                                                         |
| 63.                                                          | POLAND                                                       | 336                                                          |
| 64_                                                          | PORTUGAL                                                     | 54                                                           |
| 65,                                                          | QATAR                                                        | 95652                                                        |
| 66.                                                          | ROMANIA                                                      | 8                                                            |
|                                                              | RUSSIA                                                       | 8471                                                         |
| 68.                                                          | SAUDI ARABIA                                                 | 138459                                                       |
| 69.                                                          | SCOTLAND                                                     | 35                                                           |
| 70.                                                          | SEYCHELLES                                                   | 864                                                          |
| 71.                                                          | SINGAPORE                                                    | 20195                                                        |
| 72.                                                          | SOUTH AFRICA                                                 | 1161                                                         |
| 73.                                                          | SOUTH KOREA                                                  | 1081                                                         |

| COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | COUNTRY WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl: No.                                                      | COUNTRY                                                      | NO: OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                   |
| 74.                                                          | SPAIN                                                        | 1117                                                         |
| 75,                                                          | SRI LANKA                                                    | 7208                                                         |
| 76.                                                          | SUDAN                                                        | 125                                                          |
|                                                              | SWEDEN                                                       | 1270                                                         |
| 78.                                                          | SWITZERLAND                                                  | 7                                                            |
| 79.                                                          | SYRIA                                                        | 12                                                           |
| 80.                                                          | TAIWAN                                                       | 108                                                          |
| 81,                                                          | TAJIKISTAN                                                   | 1374                                                         |
| 82,                                                          | TANZANIA                                                     | 1640                                                         |
| 83,                                                          | THAILAND                                                     | 1824                                                         |
| 84.                                                          | TUNISIA                                                      | 25                                                           |
| 85.                                                          | TURKEY                                                       | 1102                                                         |
| 86.                                                          | TURKMENISTAN                                                 | 38                                                           |
| 87 .                                                         | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                                         | 394950                                                       |
| 88 .                                                         | UNITED KINGDOM                                               | 32645                                                        |
| 89.                                                          | UKRAINE                                                      | 8205                                                         |
| 90.                                                          | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                     | 66692                                                        |
| 91 .                                                         | UZBEKISTAN                                                   | 636                                                          |
| 92.                                                          | VIETNAM                                                      | 648                                                          |
| 93.                                                          | YEMEN                                                        | 76                                                           |
| 94.                                                          | ZIMBABWE                                                     | 5                                                            |
| 95.                                                          | OTHERS                                                       | 1299                                                         |

| STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI; No:                                                    | STATE                                                      | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                 |
| 1_                                                         | A & N ISLANDS                                              | 45                                                         |
| 2.                                                         | ANDHRA PRADESH                                             | 31061                                                      |
| 3                                                          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                          | 41                                                         |
| 4_                                                         | ASSAM                                                      | 1005                                                       |
| 5.                                                         | BIHAR                                                      | 32056                                                      |
| 6.                                                         | CHANDIGARH                                                 | 1593                                                       |
| 7 .                                                        | CHHATTISGARH                                               | 878                                                        |
| 8                                                          | D & N HAVELI                                               | 40                                                         |
| 9.                                                         | DAMAN AND DIU                                              | 132                                                        |

| STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   | STATE WISE NUMBER OF REPATRIATED INDIANS TILL 31.08.2020   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| SI. No.                                                    | STATE                                                      | NO. OF REPATRIATED INDIANS                                 |
| 10.                                                        | DELHI                                                      | 183923                                                     |
| 11.                                                        | GOA                                                        | 9096                                                       |
| 12                                                         | GUJARAT                                                    | 22818                                                      |
| 13                                                         | HARYANA                                                    | 6423                                                       |
| 14                                                         | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                           | 1570                                                       |
| 15.                                                        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                          | 4963                                                       |
| 16.                                                        | JHARKHAND                                                  | 2249                                                       |
| 17 .                                                       | KARNATAKA                                                  | 51564                                                      |
| 18.                                                        | KERALA                                                     | 334523                                                     |
| 19.                                                        | LADAKH                                                     | 486                                                        |
| 20.                                                        | LAKSHADWEEP                                                | 866                                                        |
|                                                            | MADHYA PRADESH                                             | 3238                                                       |
| 22.                                                        | MAHARASHTRA                                                | 80098                                                      |
| 23.                                                        | MANIPUR                                                    | 393                                                        |
| 24                                                         | MEGHALAYA                                                  | 87                                                         |
| 25.                                                        | MIZORAM                                                    | 126                                                        |
| 26.                                                        | NAGALAND                                                   | 81                                                         |
| 27 .                                                       | ODISHA                                                     | 10590                                                      |
| 28.                                                        | PUDUCHERRY                                                 | 1085                                                       |
| 29.                                                        | PUNJAB                                                     | 29922                                                      |
| 30.                                                        | RAJASTHAN                                                  | 30367                                                      |
| 31 .                                                       | SIKKIM                                                     | 90                                                         |
| 32.                                                        | TAMIL NADU                                                 | 96135                                                      |
| 33.                                                        | TELANGANA                                                  | 56678                                                      |
| 34_                                                        | TRIPURA                                                    | 545                                                        |
| 35.                                                        | UTTAR PRADESH                                              | 101384                                                     |
| 36_                                                        | UTTARANCHAL                                                | 2877                                                       |
|                                                            | WEST BENGAL                                                | 11529                                                      |

| Details of Lifeline Udan Flights     | Details of Lifeline Udan Flights   |
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Name of State/UT                     |                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                       | 5                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    | 1                                  |
| Assam                                | 48                                 |
| Bihar                                | 6                                  |
| Chhattisgarh                         |                                    |
| Goa                                  |                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                     |                                    |
| Jharkhand                            | 5                                  |
| Karnataka                            | 32                                 |
| Kerala                               | 10                                 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       | 3                                  |
| Maharashtra                          | 65                                 |
| Manipur                              | 14                                 |
| Meghalaya                            | 0                                  |
| Mizoram                              | 6                                  |
| Nagaland                             | 13                                 |
| Odisha                               | 10                                 |
| Punjab                               | 7                                  |
| Rajasthan                            | 0                                  |
| Sikkim                               | 1                                  |
| Tamil Nadu                           | 33                                 |
| Telangana                            | 19                                 |
| Tripura                              | 23                                 |
| Uttarakhand                          |                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                        |                                    |
| West Bengal                          |                                    |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                                    |
| Chaeliharh                           |                                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                                    |
| Jammu & Kashmir                      |                                    |
| Ladakh                               | 15                                 |
| Lakshadweep                          | 0                                  |
| Puducherry                           | 0                                  |

Out of total Lifeline Udan flights of 588, remaining Lifeline Udan flights flown by IAF on the direct request from State Governments

## Note:

1. Some of these flights would be positioning and base leg flights.
3. In addition some operation were carried out directly on demand of the state government
2. In North East & JK some flights had to be diverted and scheduled again due to bad weather.