Lok Sabha Question No. 417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

LOK SABHA (To PUSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 417 answered on the 3rd February 2022)

UDAN SCHEME

## 417. SHRI NIHAL CHAND

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) the be pleased to state: -

- till date with the State/UT-wise scheme in the Rajasthan; phase-wise (c) whether the Union in respect of along country,
- scheme;
- Sd) whether the Governmeno areas of the and if under the Sri the details thereof; (e) if the details under the and located in district future? to be considered in near country SO, airstrip scheme; likely

## ANSWER

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

## Minister of State in the of CIVIL AVIATION Ministry fx

(a): of Civil viation Jgrikhed Region;] Connectivity and make air travel Nagrik) on regional air i) The salient features of Ministry connectivity

ii) Financial incentives /a

deegional Connectivity on UDAN is designed to enable regional growth and make regional air operations connecting areas,

operations promote balanced

State Governments from

iii) SSupport to the Selectede aerodromes and to S) texcisdthe Union Territoates the share of VGF for RCS iv) Excise at the is 10%. North-Eastern Gap Funding However , for Duty

the air fare to

keep encourage

by Selected Airline pete %f 2% is levied on Aviation date of commencement Of Elights for & period 0

- The airlines are required to commit around 50% of the seats as RCS seats (limited to 40 seats) on RCS flights:
- vii) For balanced regional growth, route allocations are spread equitably across five regions in the country viz.
- vi) Regional Connectivity Fund (RCF) is created by levying Rs.5000/- on each departure of flights on aircraft having MTOW (Maximum Take-Off Weight) above 40 Tonnes except for the departure of flights on routes in North East Region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.
- North, South, East; West and North East (with a cap of 30% in a given region): viii) RCS-UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes submit proposals at the time of bidding under RCS UDAN.

(b) to (e): Under UDAN, 948 valid routes have been awarded across length and breadth in the country, of which, 403 routes connecting 65 unserved and underserved airports including 8 Heliports & 2 water aerodromes have been operationalized. Under the scheme; Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand; Himachal Pradesh, North Eastern Region states and Andaman Nicobar island & Lakshadweep islands are considered as Priority areas for additional incentives to Promote Helicopter and Small Aircraft Operations:

Kota, Uterlai, Abu Road, Alwar, Banasthali; Banswara (Tilwara); Bharatpur, Dholpur, Gadra Road, Hamirgarh; Isarda, Jhalawar (Brijnagar); Jhunjhunu, Sawai Madhopur, Shahpur, Sirohi and Suratgarhfigure in the list of unserved/underserved airportslairstrips of the UDAN Scheme document: Till fourth round of bidding, Bikaner; Kishangarh; Uterlai, Kota and Jaisalmer have been identified in Rajasthan under UDAN for operationalization. Out of these identified airports, UDAN flights have been commenced from Bikaner, Kishangarh and Jaisalmer.

UDAN is a market driven Scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand 0n particular routes submit proposals at the time of bidding under RCS Lalgarh (Sri Ganganagar) is listed as unserved airport in the UDAN Scheme document: Airports Authority of India(AAD), the Implementing Agency, had offered 'Sri Ganganagar-Jaipur-Sri Ganganagar' aS a State sponsored route under UDAN 4.1 bidding concluded recently:

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