Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Construction of New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam, Jual Oram, Pashupati Nath Singh, Mahabali Singh, Locket Chatterjee, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Navneet Ravi Rana, Haji Fazlur Rehman, Geeta Kora, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Gautam Gambhir

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1378

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  27th July 2023 )

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRPORTS

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA

## 1378.    SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.

SHRI JUAL ORAM

SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL

SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT

SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  policy  for  setting  up  airports  in  the  country  along  with  the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to construct new airports in the country and if so, the details thereof State-wise including at Karakat,  Bhagalpur,  Sasaram  in  Bihar,  Dhanbad  in  Jharkhand, Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and North Eastern States;
- construct  100  new international airports in the country to ease traffic congestion and if
- (c) whether the Government  proposes  to so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  adequate  budgetary  allocation  has  been  made  to complete these projects on a definite timeline and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to encourage private investment in the construction of new airports and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether any domestic airport has been identified to be upgraded as international airport and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  whether  the  Government  would consider the proposal of those States whose proposals have not been received yet and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL  AVIATION (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

- (a)  &  (b):  Government  of  India  (GoI)  has  formulated  a  Greenfield Airports  (GFA)  Policy,  2008  for  development  of  new  Greenfield airports in the country. As per the policy, if any developer including the  State  Government  desires  to  develop  an  airport,  they  are required to identify a suitable site and get the Pre-feasibility Study conducted for construction of airport and submit a proposal to the Central  Government  for  'Site  Clearance'  followed  by  'In-Principle' approval. ;

; GoI    has  accorded  'In-Principle'  approval  for  setting  up  of  21  new Greenfield Airports namely, Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg  in  Maharashtra,  Kalaburagi,  Vijayapura,  Hassan  and Shivamogga  in  Karnataka,  Dabra  (Gwalior)  in  Madhya  Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and Hirasar in  Gujarat,  Karaikal  in  Puducherry,  Dagadarthi,  Bhogapuram  and Orvakal  (Kurnool)  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  Durgapur  in  West  Bengal, Pakyong  in  Sikkim,  Kannur  in  Kerala  and  Hollongi  (Itanagar)  in Arunachal Pradesh across the country. Out of these, 11 Greenfield airports viz. Durgapur, Shirdi, Kannur, Pakyong, Kalaburagi, Orvakal (Kurnool), Sindhudurg, Kushinagar, Itanagar, Mopa and Shivamogga have been operationalised.;; ;

Besides,  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation  has  also  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. An airport which is included in the awarded routes of UDAN and requires upgradation / development for commencement of RCS operations, is developed under "Revival/upgradation of unserved and underserved airports/heliports/water  aerodromes"  Scheme.  Under  the  scheme, the unserved & underserved airports/airstrips, are identified/awarded  all  over  the  country  including  in  the  States  of Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Uttar  Pradesh,  West  Bengal  and  North  Eastern States  for  revival/development  and  to  operate  UDAN  flights.  Till date, 74 airports (including heliports, water aerodromes & greenfield  airports)  have  been  operationalised  across  the  country under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) since inception of the UDAN Scheme in 2016. State wise list of airports operationalised/revived under RCS is at Annexure.

;

- (c)  &  (d):  Out  of  the  abovementioned  21  Greenfield  Airports, Government of India has accorded 'in-principle' approval for setting up  7  greenfield  airports  as  international  airports  namely  Mopa  in Goa,  Navi  Mumbai  in  Maharashtra,  Karaikal  in  Puducherry,  Jewar (Noida)  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Dholera  and  Hirasar  in  Gujarat  and Bhogapuram  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  Out  of  these  7  airports,  Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken development of two airports namely Hirasar and Dholera at a total project cost of Rs.1405 crore and Rs.1305 crore respectively from its own resources. Financing of the  remaining  greenfield  airport  projects  is  the  responsibility  of concerned  airport  developers.  Further,  timeline  for  completion  of the  airport  projects  depends  upon  many  factors  such  as  land acquisition, availability of mandatory clearances, financial closure, etc.;

;

- (e)  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation  (MoCA)  has  taken  various  steps  to attract  investments  from  private  investors  for  development  of airport  infrastructure  in  the  country  including  Greenfield  Airports. 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Greenfield and Brownfield airport projects under the FDI Policy has been permitted. MoCA has granted  'in  principle'  approval  to  various  State  Governments,  who have  undertaken  development  of  Greenfield  Airports  under  Public Private  Partnership  (PPP)  mode  with  private  investment  including

Kannur in Kerala (Rs 2342 crore), Durgapur in West Bengal (Rs 670 crore), Mopa in Goa (Rs 3400 crore), Navi Mumbai (Rs 19646 crore) and  Sindhudurg    (Rs  520  crore)  in  Maharashtra,  Bhogapuram  in Andhra Pradesh (Rs 2500 crore) and Noida (Jewar) (Rs 10056 crore) in Uttar Pradesh. (f): Upgradation of airports as international airport is undertaken by Airports  Authority  of  India  (AAI)  and  concerned  airport  operators from  time  to  time  depending  upon  commercial  viability,  traffic demand,  availability  of  land  etc.  Since  2014,  4  airports  namely Tirupati,  Vijayawada,  Kushinagar  and  Mopa  Airports  have  been declared as International Airports. With this, the number of international airports have increased to 30. ; (g): Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation has formulated a Greenfield  Airports  Policy,  2008  for  development  of  Greenfield Airports  across  the  country.  An  applicant  proposing  to  set  up  an airport has to submit an application in the prescribed format to the Steering Committee for 'site clearance' and 'in principle' approval. Thereafter the applicant has to develop the airport as per schedule.

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## Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha USQ No. 1378 for answer on 27.07.2023

## List of 74 RCS Airports operationalized

## (Total 74 Nos. including 19 Underserved and 55 Unserved airports)

|   S No. | State             | Airport                                        | Owner                      | Date of Operationalisation   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)(Round-1)                  | AAI                        | 27-April-2017                |
|       2 |                   | Kurnool (Unserved) (Round-3)                   | AP Airports Dev. Corp. Ltd | 28-march 2021                |
|       3 | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved)(Round-2)                  | IAF(CE-AAI)                | 1-Aug-2018                   |
|       4 |                   | Lilabari (Underserved)(Round-2)                | AAI                        | 15-Jan-2019                  |
|       5 |                   | Tezpur (Underserved)(Round-2)                  | IAF(CE-AAI)                | 26-April-2018                |
|       6 |                   | Rupsi (Unserved) (Round-2)                     | AAI                        | 8-may 2021                   |
|       7 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu (Unserved) (Round-2)                      | AAI                        | 15 August 2021               |
|       8 |                   | Passighat (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | IAF                        | 24-May 2021                  |
|       9 |                   | Hollongi (Unserved) (Round-4.3)                | AAI                        | 15-Jan-2023                  |
|      10 | Bihar             | Darbhanga (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | IAF(CE-AAI)                | 08-Nov-2020                  |
|      11 | Chhattisgarh      | Jagdalpur (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | State Govt.                | 14-June-2018                 |
|      12 |                   | Bilaspur (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | State Govt.                | 1-March-2021                 |
|      13 | Daman & Diu       | Diu (Underserved)(Round-1)                     | AAI                        | 24-Feb-2018                  |
|      14 | Gujarat           | Bhavnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)               | AAI                        | 1-May-2018                   |
|      15 |                   | Jamnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)                | IAF (CE-AAI)               | 17-Feb-2018                  |
|      16 |                   | Kandla (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | AAI                        | 1-July-2017                  |
|      17 |                   | Keshod (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | AAI                        | 16-Apr-2022                  |
|      18 |                   | Mundra (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | Private                    | 17-Feb-2018                  |
|      19 |                   | Porbandar (Underserved)(Round-1)               | AAI                        | 10-July-2017                 |
|      20 |                   | Statue of Unity (W) (Unserved) (Round-3)       | State Govt.                | 31-Oct-2020                  |
|      21 |                   | Sabarmati River Front (W) (Unserved) (Round-3) | State Govt.                | 31-Oct-2020                  |
|      22 | Haryana           | Hissar (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | State Govt.                | 14-Jan-2021                  |
|      23 | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | AAI                        | 27-April-2017                |
|      24 |                   | Kullu (Underserved)                            | AAI                        | 13-May-2019                  |
|      25 |                   | Mandi - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)          | State Govt.                | 09-Dec-2021                  |
|      26 |                   | Rampur - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)         | State Govt.                | 14-Dec-2021                  |
|      27 | Jharkhand         | Deoghar (Unserved) (Round-4.1)                 | AAI-Jharkhand (JV)         | 12-July-2022                 |
|      28 |                   | Jamshedpur (Unserved) (Round-1)                | TATA Steel Ltd.            | 31-Jan-2023                  |
|      29 | Karnataka         | Belgaum (Underserved)(Round-3)                 | AAI                        | 1-May-2019                   |
|      30 |                   | Hubli (Underserved)(Round-2)                   | AAI                        | 14-May-2018                  |
|      31 |                   | Mysore (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | AAI                        | 2-Sep-2017                   |
|      32 |                   | Vidyanagar (Unserved) (Round-1)                | Private                    | 21-Sep-2017                  |
|      33 |                   | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Unserved) (Round-3)      | State Govt.                | 22-Nov-2019                  |
|      34 |                   | Bidar (Unserved) (Round-1)                     | IAF(CE-SG)                 | 07-Feb-2020                  |
|      35 | Kerala            | Kannur (Unserved) (Round-2)                    | Private (KIAL)             | 25-Jan-2019                  |
|      36 | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior (Underserved)(Round-1)                 | IAF (CE-AAI)               | 31-May-2017                  |
|      37 | Maharashtra       | Gondia (Unserved) (Round-4)                    | AAI                        | 13-March-2022                |
|      38 |                   | Jalgaon (Unserved) (Round-1)                   | AAI                        | 23-Dec-2017                  |

## Annexure

|   S No. | State            | Airport                                       | Owner       | Date of Operationalisation   |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
|      39 |                  | Kolhapur (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | AAI         | 8-April-2018                 |
|      40 |                  | Nanded (Unserved) (Round-1)                   | MIDC        | 27-April-2017                |
|      41 |                  | Ozar (Nasik) (Unserved) (Round-1)             | HAL         | 23-Dec-2017                  |
|      42 |                  | Sindhudurg (Unserved) (Round-3)               | State Govt. | 9-October -2021              |
|      43 | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)(Round-1)               | AAI         | 26-April-2018                |
|      44 | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved)(Round-3)                | AAI         | 07-Dec-2019                  |
|      45 | Odisha           | Jharsuguda (Unserved) (Round-1)               | AAI         | 22-Sep-2018                  |
|      46 |                  | Jeypore (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | State Govt. | 03-Aug-2022                  |
|      47 |                  | Rourkela (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | SAIL        | 07-Jan-2023                  |
|      48 | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved)(Round-1)            | AAI         | 16-Aug-2017                  |
|      49 | Punjab           | Adampur (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | IAF(CE-AAI) | 1-May-2018                   |
|      50 |                  | Bhatinda (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | IAF(CE-AAI) | 27-April-2017                |
|      51 |                  | Ludhiana (Unserved) (Round-1)                 | AAI         | 2-Sep-2017                   |
|      52 |                  | Pathankot (Unserved) (Round-1)                | IAF(CE-AAI) | 5-April-2018                 |
|      53 | Rajasthan        | Bikaner (Unserved) (Round-1)                  | IAF(CE-AAI) | 26-Sep-2017                  |
|      54 |                  | Jaisalmer (Unserved) (Round-1)                | IAF(CE-AAI) | 29-Oct-2017                  |
|      55 |                  | Kishangarh (Unserved) (Round-2)               | AAI         | 8-Oct-2018                   |
|      56 | Sikkim           | Pakyong (Unserved) (Round-2)                  | AAI         | 4-Oct-2018                   |
|      57 | Tamil Nadu       | Salem (Unserved) (Round-1)                    | AAI         | 25-Mar-2018                  |
|      58 | Uttar Pradesh    | Agra (Underserved)(Round-1)                   | IAF(CE-AAI) | 8-Dec-2017                   |
|      59 |                  | Allahabad (Underserved)(Round-2)              | IAF(CE-AAI) | 14-June-2018                 |
|      60 |                  | Kanpur(Chakeri) (Unserved) (Round-1)          | IAF(CE-AAI) | 3-July-2018                  |
|      61 |                  | Hindon (Unserved) (Round-2)                   | IAF(CE-AAI) | 11-Oct-2019                  |
|      62 |                  | Bareilly (Unserved) (Round-2)                 | IAF(CE-AAI) | 08-Mar-2021                  |
|      63 |                  | Kushinagar (Unserved) (Round-3)               | AAI         | 26-Nov-2021                  |
|      64 | Uttarakhand      | Pantnagar (Underserved)(Round-1)              | AAI         | 4-Jan-2019                   |
|      65 |                  | Pithoragarh (Unserved) (Round-2)              | State Govt. | 17-Jan-2019                  |
|      66 |                  | Sahastradhara - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2) | State Govt. | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      67 |                  | Chinyalisaur - Heliport (Unserved) (Round- 2) | State Govt. | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      68 |                  | Gaucher - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)       | State Govt. | 08-Feb-2020                  |
|      69 |                  | New Tehri - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)     | State Govt. | 29-July-2020                 |
|      70 |                  | Srinagar - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)      | State Govt. | 29-July-2020                 |
|      71 |                  | Haldwani - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)      | State Govt. | 8-Oct-2021                   |
|      72 |                  | Almora - Heliport (Unserved) (Round-2)        | Army        | 26-Aug-2022                  |
|      73 | West Bengal      | Cooch Behar (Unserved)(Round-1)               |             | 21-Feb-2023                  |
|      74 |                  | Durgapur(Underserved)(Round-1)                | Private     | 25-June-2019                 |

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