Lok Sabha Question No. 132 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: RCS-UDAN
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 132 (To be answered on the February 2022) 10th

RCS-UDAN

## *132. DR ALOK KUMAR SUMAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Regional Connectivity Scheme(RCS) UDAN has entered the fifth consecutive year and 168 routes were awarded under UDAN 4.1;
- (c) whether the hundred routes were commenced as part of the vision to improve connectivity across the country and twelve airports were operationalised which included three heliports;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof;
- (f) if s0, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
- (0) whether the Sabeya air field at Hathua in Gopalganj district 0f Bihar is part of RCS-UDAN for operational activity and the airlines operators for Sabeya airfield have been invited; and

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jyotiraditya M, Scindia)

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 132 REGARDING "RCSUDAN" TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022.

(a) to (f): Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Deshka Aam Nagrik) on 21-10-2016 to stimulate regional air connectivity and making air travel affordable to the masses. UDAN is particular routes connecting these airports and submit their proposals at the time of bidding:

During the year 2021, a special round of bidding under UDAN 4.1 was conducted and 168 routes were awarded to Selected Airline Operators (SAOs) for the operation of UDAN flights Details of these 168 routes are attached at Annexure-A\_

Details of 100 UDAN routes and 12 airports including 3 heliports operationalized in the year 2021 are attached at Annexure-B and Annexure-C respectively.

Sabeya (Hathua) is a Defence airstrip located in Gopalganj District, Bihar: Sabeya airstrip is available in the list of unserved airport in the UDAN Document; None of the airline has submitted any bid to operate UDAN flights from Sabeya airport till completion of four rounds of bidding:

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## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 132 for 10.02.2022 regarding RCS ~ UDAN

## Details of 168 RCS routes awarded under UDAN 4.1

| S. No:-   | Departure         | Arrival           |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1         | Dehradun          | Srinagar (H)      |
| 2         | Srinagar (H)      | Dehradun          |
| 3         | Dehradun          | Gaucher (H)       |
| 4         | Gaucher (H)       | Dehradun          |
| 5         | Haldwani H)       | Haridwar (H}      |
| 6         | Haridwar (H)      | Haldwani (H)      |
|           | Shillong          | Sohra (H)         |
|           | Sohra (H)         | Shillong_         |
| 9         | Shillong          | Dawki (H)         |
| 10        | Dawki (H)         | Shillong          |
|           | Pantnagar         | Pithoragarh       |
| 12        | Pithoragarh       | Pantnagar         |
| 13        | Nagaon (H)        | Guwahati          |
| 14 :;i    | Guwahati          | Nagaon (H)        |
| 15        | Chinyalisaur (H)  | Sahastradhara (H) |
| 16        | Sahastradhara (H) | Chinyalisaur (H)  |
| 17        | Gaucher (H)       | Sahastradhara (H) |
| 18        | Sahastradhara (H) | Gaucher (H)       |
| 19        | Haldwani (H)      | Dharchula (H)     |
| 20:       | Dharchula (H)     | Haldwani (H)      |
| 21        | Shillong_         | Tura (H)          |
| 22        | Tura (H)          | Shillong          |
| 23        | Guwahati          | Tura (H)          |
| 24        | Tura (H)          | Guwahati          |
| 25.       | Shillong          | Williamnagar (H)  |
| 26        | Williamnagar (H)  | Shillong          |
| 27        | Hashimara         | Kolkata           |
| 28        | Kolkata           | Hashimara         |
| 29        | Lucknow           | Saharanpur        |
| 30        | Saharanpur        | Lucknow           |
| 31        | Ayodhya           | Hindon            |
| 32        | Hindon            | Ayodhya           |
| 33        | Lucknow           | Kushinagar        |
| 34        | Kushinagar        | Lucknow           |
|           | Kushinagar        | Gaya              |
| 36        | Gaya              | Kushinagar        |
| 37        | Agra              | Indore            |

| 38   | Indore     | Agra       |
|------|------------|------------|
| 39   | Jodhpur    | Udaipur    |
| 40   | Udaipur    | Jodhpur    |
| 41   | Lucknow    | Varanasi   |
| 42   | Varanasi   | Lucknow    |
| 43   | Bangalore  | Shivamogga |
| 44   | Shivamogga | Bangalore  |
| 45   | Bangalore  | Vijaypura  |
| 46   | Vijaypura  | Bangalore  |
| 47   | Bareilly   | Prayagraj  |
| 48   | Prayagraj  | Bareilly   |
| 49   | Bareilly   | Varanasi   |
| 50_  | Varanasi   | Bareilly   |
| 51   | Bareilly   | Kanpur     |
| 52   | Kanpur     | Bareilly_  |
| 53   | Bareilly   | Ayodhya;   |
|      | Ayodhya"   | Bareilly   |
| 55   | Bareilly   | Agra       |
| 56   | Agra"      | Bareilly   |
| 57:  | Prayagraj  | Saharanpur |
| 58   | Saharanpur | Prayagraj  |
| 59   | Kanpur_    | Saharanpur |
| 60   | Saharanpur | Kanpur     |
| 61   | Ayodhya    | Saharanpur |
| 62   | Saharanpur | Ayodhya    |
| 63   | Kanpur     | Ayodhya    |
| 64   | Ayodhya    | Kanpur:    |
| 65   | Kanpur     |            |
| 66   | Kushinagar | Kanpur     |
| 67   | Gorakhpur  | Agra       |
| 68   | Agra       | Gorakhpur  |
| 69   | Varanasi   | Kushinagar |
| 70   | Kushinagar | Varanasi;  |
| 71   | Varanasi   | Ayodhya:   |
| 72   | Ayodhya    | Varanasi   |
| 73   | Prayagraj  | Kushinagar |
| 74   | Kushinagar | Prayagraj  |
| 75   | Prayagraj  | Agra       |
| 76   | Agra       | Prayagraj  |
| 77   | Ayodhya    | Agra       |
| 78   | Agra       | Ayodhya    |
| 79   | Kanpur     | Varanasi   |
| 80   | Varanasi   | Kanpur     |
| 81   | Lucknow    | Moradabad  |
| 82   | Moradabad  | Lucknow    |

| 83   | Chennai     | Neyveli      |
|------|-------------|--------------|
| 84   | Neyveli     | Chennai      |
| 85   | Bangalore   | Vellore      |
| 86   | Vellore     | Bangalore    |
| 87   | Vellore     | Chennai      |
| 88   | Chennai     | Vellore      |
| 89   | Kolkata     | Tezpur       |
| 90   | Tezpur      | Kolkata      |
| 91   | Port Blair  | Car Nicobar  |
| 92   | Car Nicobar | Port Blair   |
| 93   | Thoise      | Srinagar     |
| 94   | Srinagar    | Thoise       |
| 95   | Thoise      | Chandigarh   |
| 96   | Chandigarh  | Thoise       |
| 97   | Pantnagar   | Pithoragarh  |
| 98   | Pithoragarh | Pantnagar    |
| 99   | Aurangabad  | Udaipur      |
| 100  | Udaipur     | Aurangabad   |
| 101  | Hindan      | Kushinagar   |
| 102  | Kushinagar  | Hindan'      |
| 103  | Bareilly    | Gorakhpur:   |
| 104  | Gorakhpur   | Bareilly     |
| 105  | Bareilly    | Kushinagar   |
| 106  | Kushinagar  | Bareilly     |
| 107_ | Saharanpur  | Gorakhpur    |
| 108  | Gorakhpur   | Saharanpur _ |
| 109  | Saharanpur  |              |
| 110  | Varanasi    | Saharanpur   |
| 111  | Saharanpur  | Kushinagar   |
| 112  | Kushinagar  | Saharanpur   |
| 113  | Kanpur      | Gorakhpur    |
| 114  | Gorakhpur   | Kanpur       |
| 115  | Gorakhpur   | Varanasi     |
| 116  | Varanasi    | Gorakhpur    |
| 117  | Varanasi    | Prayagraj    |
| 118  | Prayagraj   | Varanasi     |
| 119  | Prayagraj   | Ayodhya      |
| 120  | Ayodhya     | Prayagraj    |
| 121  | Dehradun    | Pithoragarh  |
| 122  | Pithoragarh | Dehradun     |
| 123  |             | Hindan       |
| 124  | Hindan      | Pithoragarh_ |
| 125  | Kushinagar  | Agra         |
| 126  | Agra        | Kushinagar   |
| 127  | Lucknow     | Aligarh      |

|   128 | Aligarh               | Lucknow               |
|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|   129 | Bhubaneswar           | Rangeilunda           |
|   130 | Rangeilunda           | Bhubaneswar           |
|   131 | Bhubaneswar           | Utkela                |
|   132 | Utkela                | Bhubaneswar           |
|   133 | Utkela                | Raipur                |
|   134 | Raipur                | Utkela                |
|   135 | Jeypore               | Bhubaneshwar          |
|   136 | Bhubaneswar           | Jeypore               |
|   137 | Kolkata               | Cooch Behar           |
|   138 | Cooch Behar           | Kolkata               |
|   139 | Guwahati              | Cooch Behar           |
|   140 | Cooch Behar           | Guwahati              |
|   141 | Kolkata               | Jamshedpur            |
|   142 | Jamshedpur            | Kolkata               |
|   143 | Jeypore               | Vishakhapatnam        |
|   144 | Vishakhapatnam        | Jeypore_              |
|   145 | Rewa                  | Bhopal                |
|   146 | Bhopal                | Rewa                  |
|   147 | Lilabari              | Tezpur                |
|   148 | Tezpur                | Lilabari              |
|   149 | Jorhat                | Passighat             |
|   150 | Passighat             | Jorhat                |
|   151 | Shillong              | Lilabari:             |
|   152 | Lilabari              | Shillong              |
|   153 | Imphal                | Aizawl                |
|   154 | Aizawl                | Imphal                |
|   155 | Prayagraj             | Lucknow               |
|   156 | Lucknow               | Prayagraj             |
|   157 | Hyderabad             | Prakasam Barrage (WA) |
|   158 | Prakasam Barrage (WA) | Hyderabad             |
|   159 | Nagarjuna Sagar (WA)  | Hyderabad             |
|   160 | Hyderabad             | Nagarjuna Sagar (WA)  |
|   161 | Nagarjuna Sagar (WA)  | Vijayawada            |
|   162 | Vijayawada            | Nagarjuna Sagar (WA)  |
|   163 | Hindan                | Fursatganj (IGRUA)    |
|   164 | Fursatganj (IGRUA)    | Hindan                |
|   165 | Jaisalmer             | Bikaner               |

|   166 | Bikaner   | Jaisalmer   |
|-------|-----------|-------------|
|   167 | Lucknow   | Bareilly    |
|   168 | Bareilly  | Lucknow     |

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Q.No.132 for 10.02.2022 regarding RCS-UDAN

## Details of 100 Routes commenced during 01.01.2021- 31.12.2021 are as under: -

| Sr. No   | Departure Airport (State)     | Arrival Airport (State)       |
|----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|          | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh)     | KALABURGI (Karnataka          |
| 2        | KALABURGI (Karnataka)         | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh)     |
|          | HISSAR(Haryana)               | CHANDIGARH(UT)                |
| 4        | CHANDIGARHUT)                 | HISSAR(Haryana)               |
| 5        | DELHI                         | PAKYONG (Sikkim)              |
| 6        | PAKYONG (Sikkim)              | DELHI                         |
| 7        | CALICUT (Kerala)              | DELHI                         |
| 8        | DELHI                         | CALICUT (Kerala)              |
| 9        |                               | NASIK (Maharashtra)           |
| 10       | NASIK (Maharashtra)           | BELGAUM (Karnataka)           |
| 11       | HISSAR(Haryana)               |                               |
| 12       | DEHRADUNUttarakhand)          | HISSAR(Haryana)               |
|          | HISSARHaryana                 | DHARAMSHALA(Himachal Pradesh) |
| 14       | DHARAMSHALA(Himachal Pradesh) | HISSAR(Haryana)               |
| 15       | BELGAUM (Karnataka)           | JODHPUR (Rajasthan)           |
| 16       | JODHPUR (Rajasthan)           | BELGAUM (Karnataka)           |
| 17       | BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH)       | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                |
| 18       | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                | BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH)       |
| 19       | BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH)       | JABALPUR (MP)                 |
| 20       | JABALPUR (MP)                 | BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH)       |
| 21       | DELHI                         | BAREILLY (UP)                 |
| 22       | BAREILLY (UP)                 | DELHI                         |
| 23       | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha)         |
| 24       | BHUBANESHWAR (Odisha)         | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                |
| 25       | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                | BHOPAL (MP)                   |
| 26       | BHOPAL (MP)                   | PRAYAGRAJ (UP)                |
| 27       | AGRA (UP)                     | BANGALORE (Karnataka)         |
| 28       | BANGALQRE (Karnataka)         | AGRA (UP)                     |
| 29       | AGRA (UP)                     | BHOPAL (MP)                   |
| 30       | BHOPAL (MP)                   | AGRA (UP)                     |
| 31       | GORAKHPUR (UP)                | LUCKNOW (UP)                  |
| 32       | LUCKNOW UP)                   | GORAKHPUR (UP)                |
| 33       | DIBRUGARH (Assam)             | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)            |
| 34       | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)            | DIBRUGARH (Assam)             |

| 35    | ADAMPUR (Punjab)                | JAIPUR (Rajasthan)              |
|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 36    | JAIPUR (Rajasthan)              | ADAMPUR (Punjab)                |
| 37    | KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh)        | VISHAKHAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh) |
| 38    | VISHAKHAPATNAM (Andhra Pradesh) |                                 |
| 39    | KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh)        | CHENNAI Tamil Nadu)             |
| 40    | CHENNAI (Tamil Nadu)            | KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh)        |
| 41    | KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh)        | BANGALORE (Karnataka_           |
| 42    | BANGALORE (Karnataka)           | KURNOOL (Andhra Pradesh         |
| 43    |                                 | SiLCHAR (Assam)                 |
| 44    | SILCHAR (Assam)_                | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)            |
| 45    | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)            | AGARTALA (Tripura)              |
| 46    | AGARTALA (                      | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)            |
| 47    | PrayagRaj(UP)                   | Dehradun(UK)                    |
| 48    | Dehradun(UK)                    | PrayagRajUP)                    |
| 49    | GUWAHATI(ASSAM)                 | RUPSI(ASSAM)                    |
|       | RUPSI(ASSAM)                    | GUWAHATICASSAM)                 |
| 51    | RUPSI(ASSAM)                    | KOLKATAWW.B)                    |
| 52    | KOLKATA(W.B)                    | RUPSI(ASSAM)                    |
| 53    | GUWAHATIKASSAM                  | PASSIGHAT(ARUNACHAL PRADESH)    |
| 54    | PASSIGHAT(ARUNACHAL PRADESH))   | GUWAHATI(ASSAM)                 |
| 55    | Agartala (Tripura)              | Dibrugarh (Assam)               |
| 56    | DIBRUGARH (Assam)               | Agartala (Tripuraz              |
| 57    | Dibrugarh (Assam                | Imphal (Manipur)                |
| 58    | Imphal (Manipur)                | Dibrugarh (Assam)               |
| 59    |                                 | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)            |
| 60    | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)            | Imphal_(Manipur)                |
| 61    | GUWAHATI (Assam)                | Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh)        |
| 62    | Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh)        | GUWAHATI (Assam)                |
| 63    | JAMNAGAR (Gujarat)              | Hyderabad                       |
| 64    | Hyderabad                       | JAMNAGAR (Gujarat)              |
| 65    | JAMNAGAR (Gujarat)              | Bangalore_                      |
| 66    | Bangalore_                      | JAMNAGAR (Gujarat)              |
| 67    | Lucknow                         | Agra                            |
| 68    | Agra                            | Lucknow                         |
| 69    | Dehradun                        | Srinagar (H)                    |
| 70    | Srinagar (H)_                   | Dehradun                        |
| 71    | Dehradun                        | Gaucher (H)                     |
| 72    |                                 |                                 |
|       | Gaucher (H)                     | Dehradun                        |
| 73 74 | Dehradun Haldwani (H)           | Haldwani (H) Dehradun           |

|   75 | Pantnagar (H)             | Pithoragarh (H)           |
|------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|   76 | Pithoragarh (H)           | Pantnagar (H)             |
|   77 | Sahastradhara (H)         | Chinyali Saur             |
|   78 | Chinyali Saur (H)         | Sahastradhara (H)         |
|   79 | Sahastradhara (H)         | Gaucher (H)               |
|   80 | Gaucher (H)               | Sahastradhara H           |
|   81 | Sindhudurg                | Mumbai                    |
|   82 | Mumbai                    | Sindhudurg                |
|   83 | BELGAUM (Karnataka)       | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh) |
|   84 | TIRUPATI (Andhra Pradesh) | BELGAUM (Karnataka)       |
|   85 | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)      | DIBRUGARH (Assam)         |
|   86 | DIBRUGARH (Assam)_        | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)      |
|   87 | GUWAHATL (Assam)          | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)      |
|   88 | SHILLONG (Meghalaya       | GUWAHATL (Assam)          |
|   89 | SHILLONG (Meghalaya)      | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)        |
|   90 | DIMAPUR (Nagaland)        | SHILLONG _(Meghalaya)     |
|   91 | Delhi                     | Kushinagar(UP)            |
|   92 | Kushinagar(UP)            | Delhi                     |
|   93 | Mandi (H)                 | Shimla                    |
|   94 | Shimla                    | Mandi (H)                 |
|   95 | Mandi (HE                 | Dharamshala               |
|   96 | Dharamshala               | Mandi (H)                 |
|   97 | Mandi (H)                 | KULLU (Himachal Pradesh)  |
|   98 | KULLU_(Himachal Pradesh)  | Mandi (H)                 |
|   99 | Shimla                    | Rampur (H)                |
|  100 | Rampur (H)                | Shimla                    |

## Annexure-C

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred QNo.132 for 10.02.2022 regarding RCS-UDAN

Details of 12 airports/heliports operationalized under UDAN in the year 2021 are as under -

1. Hissar
2. 2 Bilaspur
3. Bareilly
4. 4 Kurnool
5. Rupsi
6. Pasighat
7. 7 Tezu
8. 8\_ Sindhudurg
9. 9\_ Kushinagar
10. Haldwani (H)
11. Mandi (H)
12. 12 Rampur (H)