Lok Sabha Question No. 3088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Proposals from the State of Kerala
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil, E. T. Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. 3088 (To be answered on the 4th August 2022)

## PROPOSALS FROM THE STATE OF KERALA

3088.

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH SHRI ET MOHAMMED BASHEER

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- a) whether the Government has received any memorandum from the State of Kerala with regard to Airstrip/helipad/water aerodrome in the State under UDAN Scheme and if SO, the details thereof 'including proposed sites and the funds allocated or proposed to be allocated;
2. (c) the details of proposals sanctioned for setting up of airports in the States under the said scheme till date; State-wise?
3. (b) whether the Government has taken any action in this regard and if S0, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

(a) to (c): Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses. A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in December, 2017 amongst Ministry of Civil A viation, State Government of Kerala and Airports Authority of India for implementation of the RCS UDAN Scheme in the State. UDAN is an ongoing scheme where bidding rounds are conducted periodically for covering more destinations/stations and routes and in case, any airline submit any bid for routes in future rounds of bidding, the same may be considered as per provisions of the Scheme document.

Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes, submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN. An airport which is included in the awarded routes f UDAN and requires upgradation development for commencement of RCS operations; is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports" scheme. The Government of India has set a target to revive/develop 100 Airports by 2024 across the country. Details of the Airports state wise is attached as Annexure

## LIST OF 100 AIRPORTS STATEWISE (Being upgraded from 01.04.2019)

|     | State             | Number of Airports/Heliports/Water Aerodrome   |
|-----|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1   | Andaman & Nicobar | 6                                              |
| 2   | Andhra Pradesh    | 2                                              |
|     | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                |
|     | Assam             | 4                                              |
|     | Bihar             | 1                                              |
| 6_  | Chhattisgarh      | 2                                              |
|     | Diu & Daman       | 1                                              |
| 8   | Gujarat           | 3                                              |
| 9   | Haryana           | 2                                              |
| 10. | Himachal Pradesh  | 7                                              |
| 11  | Jharkhand         | 5                                              |
| 12  | Karnataka         | 3                                              |
| 13. | Ladakh            | 2                                              |
| 14. | Lakshadweep       | 1                                              |
| 15. | Maharashtra       | 5                                              |
| 16. | Manipur           | 5                                              |
| 17  | Nagaland          | 1                                              |
| 18. | Odisha            | 3                                              |
| 19. | Rajasthan         | 2                                              |
| 20. | Tamil Nadu        | 4                                              |
| 21_ | Telangana         | 1                                              |
| 22_ | Uttar Pradesh     | 14                                             |
| 23. | Uttarakhand       | 13                                             |
| 24. | West Bengal       | 5                                              |
|     | Total             | 100                                            |