Lok Sabha Question No. 3634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Krishi UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed, Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION Lok Sabha

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3634 ( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  10th August 2023 )

## KRISHI UDAN SCHEME

3634.    SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED

DR. TALARI RANGAIAH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  current  status  of  the  Krishi  UDAN  scheme  in  facilitating  the
- International and domestic carriage of agricultural products;
- (b) the details of the airports covered under the scheme along with the
- flights being run in different directions/locations thereunder; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  expand  the  programme ' s scope beyond focusing on transporting perishable food produce and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION      (GEN.

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

- (a)  Krishi  Udan  is  a  convergence  scheme  which  seeks  to  ensure seamless, cost effective, time bound air transportation and associated logistics  for  all  agri  produce  originating  especially  from  North  East, hilly and tribal regions of the country. For facilitating and incentivising movement  of  agri-produce  by  air  transportation,  waiver  of  Landing charges,  Parking  charges,  etc.  are  provided  for  Indian  freighters  by Airports  Authority  of  India  (AAI)  and  Ministry  of  Defence  at  selected airports under the Scheme.
- (b)  The  State-wise  list  of  58  Airports  covered  under  the  Krishi  Udan
- Scheme is at Annexure.

(c) All perishable commodities are covered under Krishi Udan Scheme in  the  country  which  includes  horticulture,  fishery,  livestock  and processed  products. Krishi  Udan  is  an  ongoing  Scheme  and  is reviewed from time to time in consultation with stakeholders.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NUMBER 3634 FOR ANSWER ON 10.08.2023

## Annexure

## State-wise List of Airports Covered Under Krishi Udan Scheme

| State/Union Territory   | Airport                |
|-------------------------|------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar       | 1. Port Blair          |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 2. Visakhapatnam       |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | 3. Tezu                |
| Assam                   | 4. Dibrugarh           |
| Assam                   | 5. Jorhat              |
| Assam                   | 6. Lilabari            |
| Assam                   | 7. Rupsi               |
| Assam                   | 8. Silchar             |
| Assam                   | 9. Tezpur              |
| Bihar                   | 10. Patna              |
| Bihar                   | 11. Darbhanga          |
| Chandigarh              | 12. Chandigarh         |
| Chhattisgarh            | 13. Raipur             |
| Goa                     | 14. Goa                |
| Gujarat                 | 15. Bhuj               |
| Gujarat                 | 16. Jamnagar           |
| Gujarat                 | 17. Rajkot             |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 18. Bhuntar            |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 19. Gaggal             |
| Himachal Pradesh        | 20. Shimla             |
| Jammu & Kashmir         | 21. Jammu              |
| Jammu & Kashmir         | 22. Srinagar           |
| Jharkhand               | 23. Ranchi             |
| Karnataka               | 24. Belagavi           |
| Kerala                  | 25. Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ladakh                  | 26. Leh                |
| Lakshadweep             | 27. Agatti             |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 28. Indore             |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 29. Bhopal             |
| Madhya Pradesh          | 30. Jabalpur           |
| Maharashtra             | 31. Nashik             |
| Maharashtra             | 32. Pune               |
| Manipur                 | 33. Imphal             |

| Meghalaya     | 34. Shillong        |
|---------------|---------------------|
| Mizoram       | 35. Lengpui         |
| Nagaland      | 36. Dimapur         |
| Odisha        | 37. Jharsuguda      |
| Punjab        | 38. Adampur         |
| Punjab        | 39. Amritsar        |
| Punjab        | 40. Pathankot       |
| Rajasthan     | 41. Jaisalmer       |
| Rajasthan     | 42. Jodhpur         |
| Sikkim        | 43. Pakyong         |
| Tamil Nadu    | 44. Coimbatore      |
| Tamil Nadu    | 45. Tiruchirappalli |
| Tripura       | 46. Agartala        |
| Uttar Pradesh | 47. Agra            |
| Uttar Pradesh | 48. Bareli          |
| Uttar Pradesh | 49. Gorakhpur       |
| Uttar Pradesh | 50. Hindon          |
| Uttar Pradesh | 51. Kanpur          |
| Uttar Pradesh | 52. Prayagraj       |
| Uttar Pradesh | 53. Varanasi        |
| Uttarakhand   | 54. Dehradun        |
| Uttarakhand   | 55. Pantnagar       |
| Uttarakhand   | 56. Pithoragarh     |
| West Bengal   | 57. Bagdogra        |
| West Bengal   | 58. Kolkata         |