Lok Sabha Question No. 377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Features of Krishi UDAN Scheme 2.0
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 377

(To be answered on the 8 th  December 2022)

## FEATURES OF KRISHI UDAN SCHEME 2.0

## 377. SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (a) the salient features of Krishi UDAN scheme 2.0;
- (b) the details of funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under the scheme during the last three years;
- (c) the details of targets set and achievements made so far under the scheme;
- (d) the details of the airports included under the scheme so far;
- (e) whether this scheme has proved to be a boon for perishable agro-products;
- and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

(a) and (b): Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 was announced on 27 October 2021 enhancing the existing provisions, mainly focusing on transporting perishable food products from the hilly areas, North-Eastern States and tribal areas. For facilitating and incentivising movement of agri-produce by air transportation, Airports Authority of India (AAI) provides full waiver of Landing, Parking, Terminal Navigational Landing Charges (TNLC) and Route Navigation Facility Charges (RNFC) for Indian freighters and P2C (Passenger-to-Cargo) Aircraft. The scheme primarily covers around 25 airports focusing on North Eastern, Hilly and Tribal region besides 28 airports in other regions/areas. After evaluation of Krishi Udan 2.0, five more airports have been included making it to total 58 airports.

Krishi  Udan  Scheme  is  a  convergence  scheme  where  eight Ministries/Departments namely Ministry of Civil Aviation, Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Department  of  Commerce,  Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs,  Ministry  of Development of North-Eastern Region would leverage their existing schemes be pleased to state:-

to strengthen the logistics for transportation of Agri-produce. There is no specific budget allocation under Krishi Udan Scheme. (c) and (d): The main objective of the Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 is to increase share of air carriage in the modal mix for transportation of Agri-produce, which includes horticulture, fishery, livestock and processed products. The scheme assists farmers in transporting agriculture products so that it improves their value realisation. Initially  53  Airports  were  covered  in  the  pilot  project  for  06  months. Thereafter, during the review, 05 more Airports were added thus total covered are 58 Airports namely, Adampur, Agartala, Agatti, Agra, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bareli, Bhuj, Bhuntar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Gaggal, Goa, Gorakhpur, Hindon, Imphal, Indore, Jaisalmer, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kanpur, Kolkata, Leh, Lengpui,  Lilabari,  Nashik,  Pakyong,  Pantnagar,  Pathankot,  Patna, Pithoragarh, Port-Blair, Prayagraj, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rupsi, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Srinagar, Tezpur, Tezu, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Belagavi, Bhopal, Darbhanga, Jabalpur and Jharsuguda. (e) and (f): Krishi Udan scheme is to provide air transportation and logistics support for perishable agri-produce as per the need. Leveraging the existing schemes of the 8 Ministries as mentioned above, the producers can utilise the services available at 58 airports listed under the scheme considering the demand. The  Scheme  aims  to  ensure  seamless,  cost-effective,  time  bound,  air transportation and associated logistics for all Agri-produce originating especially from North-East, hilly and tribal regions of the country. Few successful examples are air transportation of 'King Chillies, Burmese Grapes & Assamese Lemon' from Gauwahati, 'Jackfruit' from Tripura and 'Litchi' from Darbhanga.

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