Lok Sabha Question No. 3123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Krishi UDAN Scheme 2.0
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL A VIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 3123 (To be answered on the August 2022) 4th

## KRISHI UDAN SCHEME 2.0

## MS. DIYA KUMARI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- a) the aims and objectives of Krishi UDAN 2.0;
2. (c) the list of airports selected as a of Krishi UDAN 2.0, State-wise; and (d) whether the Ministry proposes to collaborate with other Ministries such as the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to facilitate last mile connectivity and if sO, the details thereof? part

be pleased to state: -

- (6) the details of budgetary outlay and phases of implementation of Krishi UDAN 2.0, scheme State-wise;

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

- (a) Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 was announced o 27 October 2021 enhancing the existing provisions, mainly focusing On transporting perishable food products from the hilly areas, North-Eastern States and tribal areas. The aims and improve value realisation especially in North-East and tribal regions through improved supply chain competitiveness along with more air connectivity between origin-destination airports at affordable rates on international and national routes. The Scheme envisages resources-pooling through convergences between different schemes administered by various Central Ministries/ Departments and those of State Governments through incentives and concessions for enhancing the air transportation of agri-produce by:
- (i) providing more air connectivity (national and international) between origin-destination airports aimed at bringing in improved logistics efficiency: (ii) improving infrastructure and performance in processing 0f air cargo by ali stakeholders, including Agri-produce; horticulture; fisheries, livestock products at airports and off-airport facilities, by regulatory participating governmental agencies (PGAs)
- (iii) imparting special focus to air freight of organic and natural produce of NER, Tribal and Hilly Districts
- (V) promoting end-to-end adoption of plant and animal quarantine and other regulatory requirements (at airport) in the export supply chains
- (iv) achieving better and timely mapping %f Agri-produce production/ supply centres with domestic demand clusters and international markets in sync with the marketing strategies\_
- (vi enabling paperless and contactless interface with ail stakeholders through digitisation and digitalisation via integration with existing e-platforms and their creation as required.
- (b) to (d) There is no separate budgetary allocation for the Krishi Udan Scheme: This Scheme envisages the convergence among 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 and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), to leverage their existing schemes for strengthening the iogistics for transportation of Agri-produce Under the Scheme, 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 Passenger to Cargo (P2C) at selected Airports of AAI The list of 58 airports selected as a part of Krishi Udan 2.0 is at Annexure

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Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 3123 for answer on 04.08.2022

## North-Eastern Region, Hilly Airports, Tribal Airports & Island (25)

| StatelUnion Territory   | Airport         |
|-------------------------|-----------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar       | 1 Port Blair    |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | 2_ Tezu         |
| Assam                   | 3_ Dibrugarh    |
| Assam                   | 4 Jorhat        |
| Assam                   | 5_ Lilabari     |
| Assam                   | 6_ Rupsi        |
| Assam                   | 7_ Silchar      |
| Chhattisgarh            | 8_ Raipur       |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 9_ Bhuntar      |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 10. Gaggal      |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 11. Shimla      |
| Jammu & Kashmir         | 12. Jammu       |
| Jammu & Kashmir         | 13. Srinagar    |
| Jharkhand               | 14.Ranchi       |
| Ladakh                  | 15. Leh         |
| Lakshadweep             | 16. Agatti      |
| Manipur                 | 17 . Imphal     |
| Meghalaya               | 18. Shillong    |
| Mizoram                 | 19. Lengpui     |
| Nagaland                | 20. Dimapur     |
| Sikkim                  | 21. Pakyong     |
| Tripura                 | 22. Agartala    |
| Uttarakhand             | 23. Dehradun    |
| Uttarakhand             | 24. Pantnagar   |
| Uttarakhand             | 25. Pithoragarh |

## (ii) Other Airports (33)

| StatelUnion Territory   | Airport   | Airport       |
|-------------------------|-----------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh          | 1         | Visakhapatnam |
| Assam                   | 2         | Tezpur        |
| Bihar                   | 3_        | Patna         |
|                         | 4_        | Darbhanga     |
| Chandigarh              | 5_        | Chandigarh    |
| Goa                     | 6_        | Goa           |
| Gujarat                 | 7         | Bhuj          |
| Gujarat                 | 8_        | Jamnagar      |
| Gujarat                 | 9         | Rajkot        |

| Karnataka      | 10. Belagavi            |
|----------------|-------------------------|
| Kerala         | 11 . Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12. Indore              |
| Madhya Pradesh | 13. Bhopal              |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14. Jabalpur            |
| Maharashtra    | 15. Nashik              |
| Maharashtra    | 16. Pune                |
| Odisha         | 17. Jharsuguda          |
| Punjab         | 18. Adampur             |
| Punjab         | 19. Amritsar            |
| Punjab         | 20. Pathankot           |
| Rajasthan      |                         |
| Rajasthan      | 22. Jodhpur             |
| Tamil Nadu     | 23. Coimbatore          |
| Tamil Nadu     | 24. Tiruchirappalli     |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 25. Agra                |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 26. Bareli              |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 27. Gorakhpur           |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 28. Hindon              |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 29. Kanpur              |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 30. Prayagraj           |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 31. Varanasi            |
| West Bengal    | 32. Bagdogra            |
| West Bengal    | 33. Kolkata             |