Lok Sabha Question No. 673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Development of Airstrips under UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 673

(To be answered on the February 2021) 4th

## DEVELOPMENT OF AIRSTRIPS UNDER UDAN SCHEME

SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIA TION

be pleased to state:-

- (@) whether the Government has developed various airstrips and aerodromes under the UDAN Scheme for the air connectivity of small cities and with a vision to provide air facility to common man;
- the criteria for the selection of these airports under the UDAN Scheme?
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity from unserved and underserved airports in the country and making air travel affordable to the masses Airport Authority of india(AAD: the Implementing Agency has completed four rounds of 'bidding under UAN and identified 766 valid UDAN routes till first phase of UDAN 4.0 involving 110 UDAN airports including 12 water aerodromes & 33 Heliports for operation of UDAN flights.

As on 27-01-2021,311 RCS routes have already commenced connecting 47 RCS airports, 2 water aerodromes & 5 heliports: The details of the UDAN airports operationalized are attached aS Annexure-Az UDAN is market driven scheme. The interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN from time to time:

## Annexure-A

## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q.No. 673 for answer on 04.02.2021

## List of RCS Airports operationalized as o 30.01.2021

| S No   | State            | Airport                              |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa (Underserved)                 |
| 2      | Assam            | Jorhat (Underserved)                 |
| 3_     |                  | Lilabari (Underserved)               |
| 4_     |                  | Tezpur (Underserved)                 |
| 5      | Bihar            | Darbhanga (Unserved)                 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh     | Jagdalpur                            |
| 7 .    | Daman & Diu      | Diu (Underserved)                    |
|        | Gujarat          | Bhavnagar                            |
| 9_     |                  | Jamnagar (Underserved_               |
| 10     |                  | Kandla                               |
| 11,    |                  | Mundra                               |
| 12     |                  | Porbandar (Underserved)              |
| 13     |                  | Statue of Unity (Unserved) (WA)      |
| 14_    |                  | Sabarmati River Front(Unserved) (WA) |
| 15     | Haryana          | Hissar (Unserved) (UDAN 4.0)         |
| 16     | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla                               |
| 17.    |                  | Kullu (Underserved)                  |
| 18.    | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved)                |
| 19.    |                  | Hubli (Underserved)                  |
| 20.    |                  | Mysore                               |
| 21_    |                  | Vidyanagar                           |
| 22_    |                  | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)                 |
| 23.    |                  | Bidar                                |
| 24_    | Kerala           | Kannur                               |
| 25 .   | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior                              |
| 26.    | Maharashtra      | Jalgaon                              |

| S No   | State            | Airport                   |
|--------|------------------|---------------------------|
|        |                  | Kolhapur                  |
| 28.    |                  | Nanded                    |
| 29     |                  | Ozar (Nasik)              |
| 30_    | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)    |
|        | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved      |
| 32     | Odisha           | Jharsuguda                |
| 33     | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved) |
| 34_    | Punjab           | Adampur                   |
| 35     |                  | Bhatinda                  |
| 36.    |                  | Ludhiana                  |
| 37.    |                  | Pathankot                 |
| 38.    | Rajasthan        | Bikaner                   |
| 39.    |                  | Jaisalmer                 |
| 40.    |                  | Kishangarh                |
| 41_    | Sikkim           | Pakyong                   |
| 42     | Tamil Nadu       | Salem                     |
| 43_    | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved)        |
| 44.    |                  | Allahabad (Underserved)   |
| 45.    |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri)           |
| 46.    |                  | Hindon                    |
| 47     | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved)   |
| 48.    |                  | Pithoragarh               |
| 49.    |                  | Sahastradhara H)          |
| 50.    |                  | Chinyalisaur              |
| 51.    |                  | Gaucher (H)               |
| 52_    |                  | New Tehri (H)             |
| 53.    |                  | Srinagar H)               |
| 54     | West Bengal      | Durgapur (Underserved_    |

H denotes: Heliports

WA denotes: Water Aerodromes