Lok Sabha Question No. 2668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Airports under RCS
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2668 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  16th March 2023 )

## AIRPORTS UNDER RCS

2668.    SHRI MANOJ KOTAK

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION      (Shri Jyotiraditya M&#46; Scindia)

- (a)  to  (d):  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.

Under  the  UDAN  scheme,  the  unserved  &  underserved  airports  /  airstrips namely Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Sholapur, Ozar (Nasik), Nanded, Amravati, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Gondia have been identified / awarded in the State of  Maharashtra  to  operate  the  flights.  An  airport  which  is  included  in  the awarded routes of Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam  Nagrik)  and  requires  upgradation/development  for  commencement  of RCS  operations,  is  developed  under  "Revival  of  unserved  and  underserved airports"  scheme.  Six  airports  namely  Kolhapur,  Jalgaon,  Nanded,  Nasik, Gondia and Sindhudurg have been operationalised so far, for UDAN flights in the State of Maharashtra.

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  the  under  developed airports under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS);
- (b) if so, the details of the airports developed under RCS, State/UT and yearwise during the last three years, especially in Maharashtra;
- (c) whether it is a fact that Amaravati in Maharashtra has already designated as one of the airport under RCS operations and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the funds provided and pending for release along with the
- reasons therefor?

The year-wise details of 74 airports operationalised under Regional Connectivity Scheme is at Annexure-A.

Amravati airport is owned by the Government of Maharashtra and identified under the UDAN scheme to operate flights. An amount of Rs. 75 crore has been sanctioned for revival/development of Amravati Airport out of which Rs. 54.84 crore has been released upto January, 2023.

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## List of RCS Airports operationalized

|   S No. | State             | Airport                             |   Year |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|--------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)(Round-1)       |   2017 |
|       2 |                   | Kurnool Airport                     |   2021 |
|       3 | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved)(Round-2)       |   2018 |
|       4 |                   | Lilabari (Underserved)(Round-2)     |   2019 |
|       5 |                   | Tezpur (Underserved)(Round-2)       |   2018 |
|       6 |                   | Rupsi                               |   2021 |
|       7 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu                                |   2021 |
|       8 |                   | Passighat                           |   2021 |
|       9 |                   | Hollongi (Round-4.3)                |   2023 |
|      10 | Bihar             | Darbhanga(Round-1)                  |   2020 |
|      11 | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur(Round-1)                  |   2018 |
|      12 |                   | Bilaspur (Round-1)                  |   2021 |
|      13 | Daman &Diu        | Diu (Underserved)(Round-1)          |   2018 |
|      14 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)    |   2018 |
|      15 |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)     |   2018 |
|      16 |                   | Kandla(Round-1)                     |   2017 |
|      17 |                   | Keshod (Round-2)                    |   2022 |
|      18 |                   | Mundra(Round-1)                     |   2018 |
|      19 |                   | Porbandar (Underserved)(Round-1)    |   2017 |
|      20 |                   | Statue of Unity (W) (Round-3)       |   2020 |
|      21 |                   | Sabarmati River Front (W) (Round-3) |   2020 |
|      22 | Haryana           | Hissar (Round-2)                    |   2021 |

Annexure-A

|   S No. | State            | Airport                            |   Year |
|---------|------------------|------------------------------------|--------|
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla(Round-1)                    |   2017 |
|      24 |                  | Kullu (Underserved)(Round-3)       |   2019 |
|      25 |                  | Mandi - Heliport (Unserved)        |   2021 |
|      26 |                  | Rampur - Heliport (Unserved)       |   2021 |
|      27 | Jharkhand        | Deoghar (Round-4.1)                |   2022 |
|      28 |                  | Jamshedpur (Round-1)               |   2023 |
|      29 | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved)(Round-3)     |   2019 |
|      30 |                  | Hubli (Underserved)(Round-2)       |   2018 |
|      31 |                  | Mysore(Round-1)                    |   2017 |
|      32 |                  | Vidyanagar(Round-1)                |   2017 |
|      33 |                  | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga)(Round-3)      |   2019 |
|      34 |                  | Bidar(Round-1)                     |   2020 |
|      35 | Kerala           | Kannur(Round-2)                    |   2019 |
|      36 | Madhya Pradesh   | Gwalior (Underserved)(Round-1)     |   2017 |
|      37 | Maharashtra      | Gondia                             |   2022 |
|      38 |                  | Jalgaon(Round-1)                   |   2017 |
|      39 |                  | Kolhapur(Round-1)                  |   2018 |
|      40 |                  | Nanded(Round-1)                    |   2017 |
|      41 |                  | Ozar (Nasik)(Round-1)              |   2017 |
|      42 |                  | Sindhudurg                         |   2021 |
|      43 | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)(Round-1)    |   2018 |
|      44 | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved)(Round-3)     |   2019 |
|      45 | Odisha           | Jharsuguda(Round-1)                |   2018 |
|      46 |                  | Jeypore (Round-1)                  |   2022 |
|      47 |                  | Rourkela (Round-1)                 |   2023 |
|      48 | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved)(Round-1) |   2017 |
|      49 | Punjab           | Adampur(Round-1)                   |   2018 |
|      50 |                  | Bhatinda(Round-1)                  |   2017 |
|      51 |                  | Ludhiana(Round-1)                  |   2017 |
|      52 |                  | Pathankot(Round-1)                 |   2018 |
|      53 | Rajasthan        | Bikaner(Round-1)                   |   2017 |
|      54 |                  | Jaisalmer(Round-1)                 |   2017 |
|      55 |                  | Kishangarh(Round-2)                |   2018 |
|      56 | Sikkim           | Pakyong(Round-2)                   |   2018 |
|      57 | Tamil Nadu       | Salem(Round-1)                     |   2018 |
|      58 | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved)(Round-1)        |   2017 |
|      59 |                  | Allahabad (Underserved)(Round-2)   |   2018 |
|      60 |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri)(Round-1)           |   2018 |
|      61 |                  | Hindon(Round-2)                    |   2019 |
|      62 |                  | Bareilly                           |   2021 |
|      63 |                  | Kushinagar                         |   2021 |

|   S No. | State       | Airport                            |   Year |
|---------|-------------|------------------------------------|--------|
|      64 | Uttarakhand | Pantnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)   |   2019 |
|      65 |             | Pithoragarh(Round-2)               |   2019 |
|      66 |             | Sahastradhara - Heliport (Round-2) |   2020 |
|      67 |             | Chinyalisaur - Heliport (Round-2)  |   2020 |
|      68 |             | Gaucher - Heliport (Round-2)       |   2020 |
|      69 |             | New Tehri - Heliport (Round-2)     |   2020 |
|      70 |             | Srinagar - Heliport (Round-2)      |   2020 |
|      71 |             | Haldwani - Heliport (Round-2)      |   2021 |
|      72 |             | Almora - Heliport (Round-2)        |   2022 |
|      73 | West Bengal | Durgapur(Underserved)(Round-1)     |   2019 |
|      74 |             | CoochBehar (Unserved) (Round-1)    |   2023 |