Lok Sabha Question No. 824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Sanctioned Air Routes in the Country
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

824

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

(To be answered on the July 2022) 21st

## SANCTIONED AIR ROUTES IN THE COUNTRY

824.

DR: TALARI RANGAIAH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- (2) the details of the total number of air routes sanctioned by the Government in the country, Statewise; and
2. (b) the detaiis of total amount spent on the implementation of the air connectivity scheme in the country and number 0f the passengers benefitted S0 far?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

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- (a) (b): The Airports Authority %f India, the Implementing Agency has awarded 954 valid routes till completion of four rounds 0f bidding under Regional Connectivity Scheme(RCS)-Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik(UDAN) in are attached as Annexure.

An amount of Rs.1914 crore as Viability Gap Funding (VGF) have been disbursed to the SAOs from Regional Air Connectivity Fund Trust. More than one crore passengers have availed benefit of the flights operated under UDAN scheme Since its inception:

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| SN State No                                     | SN State No   |
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|                                                 | 14            |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 2 Andhra Pradesh | 26            |
| 3 Arunachal Pradesh                             | 17            |
| 4 Assam                                         | 69            |
| 5. Bihar                                        | 09            |
| 6. Chandigarh                                   | 07            |
| 7. Chhattisgarh                                 |               |
| 8. Daman and Diu (UT)                           |               |
| 9 Delhi                                         |               |
| 10. Goa                                         |               |
| Gujarat                                         | 47            |
| 12. Haryana                                     | 05            |
| 13 Himachal Pradesh                             | 34            |
| 14. Jammu & Kashmir (UT)                        | 06            |
| 15. Jharkhand                                   | 12            |
| 16. Karnataka                                   | 74            |
| 17. Kerala                                      | 17            |
| 18, Ladakh (UT)                                 | 05            |
| 19 Lakshadweep                                  | 04            |
| 20. Madhya Pradesh                              | 26            |
| 21_ Maharashtra                                 | 58            |
| 22 Manipur                                      | 16            |
| 23. Meghalaya                                   | 19            |
| 24 Mizoram                                      |               |
| 25. Nagaland 26. Odisha                         |               |
| 27 Puducherry (UT)                              |               |
| Raniaban                                        |               |
| 28                                              |               |
| 30. Sikkim                                      |               |
| 31 _ Tamil Nadu 32 Telangana                    | 25 32         |
| 34. Uttar Pradesh                               | 182           |
| 33. Tripura_                                    | 03            |
| 35. Uttarakhand West Bengal Total;              | 57 35         |
| 36.                                             |               |