Lok Sabha Question No. 613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Extension of RCS- UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 613 (To be answered on the February 2021) 4th

## EXTENSION OF RCS-UDAN SCHEME

## 613. SHRI SHANTANUU THAKUR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has given a further to regional connectivity in different regions 0f the country under Regional Connectivity Schemes (RCS) during the last three years; and fillip
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State-wise especially in West-Bengal?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) & (b): 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. UDAN is 4 market driven scheme: The interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN from time to time: Airports Authority of India(AAI): the Implementing Agency has conducted 4 rounds of bidding and identified 766 valid RCS routes tili Ist phase of round 4.0 bidding to Selected Airline Operators,  covering length and breadth of the country 311 RCS routes have been operationalized connecting 47 RCS airports 2 water aerodromes and 5 heliports so far. Details of the RCS routes identified in West Bengal and status thereof are attached as Annexure.

## Statement referred to in reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q No. 613 for answer on 04.02.2021

## Status of RCS routes identified in West Bengal under UDAN 1.0,2.0,3.0 & phase of round 4.0 1st

| Round   | Departure_ Airport   | Arrival Airport   | Date of Commencement   | Remark      |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|-------------|
|         | Bagdogra_            | Durgapur          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Burnpur_             | Kolkata           |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Cooch Behar          | Kolkata           |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Durgapur             | Bagdogra          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Burnpur           |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Cooch Behar       |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Jamshedpur        |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Rourkela          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Burnpur              | Guwahati          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Cooch Behar          | Guwahati          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Allahabad         | 28-06-2019             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Bokaro            |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Bokaro            |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Dumka             |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Jorhat            | 01-08-2018             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Jorhat            |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Jorhat            |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Lilabari          |                        | CANCELLED   |
|         | Kolkata              | Lilabari          | 15-01-2019             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Pakyong           | 04-10-2018             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Tezpur            | 26-04-2018             |             |
|         | Durgapur             | Chennai           | 27-10-2019             |             |
|         | Durgapur_            | Mumbai            | 25-06-2019             |             |
|         | Hashimara            | Kolkata           |                        |             |
|         | Kalaikunda           | Bhubaneshwar      |                        |             |
|         | Kalaikunda           | Vishakhapatam     |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Ghazipur          |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Gwalior           | 20-06-2019             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Hashimara         |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Jharsuguda        | 27-01-2020             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Jharsuguda        | 31-03-2019             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Shillong          | 20-07-2019             |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Amritsar          | 01-12-2019             | Tourism RCS |
|         | Kolkata              | Hazaribagh        |                        |             |
|         | Kolkata              | Rupsi             |                        |             |