Lok Sabha Question No. 168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Allocation of funds to UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Anand Bhadauria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 168

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  29th January 2026 )

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO UDAN SCHEME

168.    SHRI ANAND BHADAURIA                     Will the Minister of CIVIL

AVIATION be pleased to state:-

(a):  whether  the  UDAN  scheme  is  being  implemented  under  various  phases during the last six years;

(b): if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated, released and utilised for providing subsidy to airlines under the UDAN scheme since its inception till date, year-wise;

(c): the details of airports connected under the UDAN scheme so far, year and State-wise; and

(d): the details of the number of airports under the UDAN scheme that are facing lack of flights or temporary closure due to low passenger demand, State-wise?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Murlidhar Mohol)

(a): Over the last nine years since the commencement of the UDAN Scheme, 14 rounds of bidding have been conducted under five versions of the Scheme.

(b):  The  year-wise  details  of  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)  disbursed  to  the airlines since the inception of UDAN scheme is provided in Annexure-I.

(c)  &  (d):  As  on  20.01.2026,  93  airports  comprising  73  unserved  and  20 underserved airports, including 15 heliports and 2 water aerodromes have been developed  and  operationalised  under  the  UDAN  scheme.  The  year-wise  and state-wise details of airports connected under the UDAN scheme is provided in Annexure-II.

Currently, 15 (fifteen) airports are non-operational under the UDAN Scheme due to factors such as completion of the three-year concession period, poor visibility conditions,  daytime  runway  restrictions  at  VFR-only  airports,  shortage  of aircraft, leasing issues, temporary discontinuation by airlines, novation of routes and  low  passenger  load  factors.  These  airports  include  Pathankot,  Pakyong, Kushinagar, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Shravasti, Moradabad, Bhavnagar, Ambikapur, Ludhiana, Datia, Kalaburagi, Shimla and Cooch Behar.

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| Year-wise details of VGF disbursed to the airlines since inception of the UDAN scheme   | Year-wise details of VGF disbursed to the airlines since inception of the UDAN scheme   | Year-wise details of VGF disbursed to the airlines since inception of the UDAN scheme   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S No.                                                                                   | Period                                                                                  | VGF Disbursed to Airlines (Rs. in Cr.)                                                  |
| 1                                                                                       | 2017-18                                                                                 | 42.35                                                                                   |
| 2                                                                                       | 2018-19                                                                                 | 138.08                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                       | 2019-20                                                                                 | 681.28                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                       | 2020-21                                                                                 | 325.60                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                       | 2021-22                                                                                 | 625.94                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                       | 2022-23                                                                                 | 798.34                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                       | 2023-24                                                                                 | 807.02                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                       | 2024-25                                                                                 | 628.42                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                       | 2025-26 (Provisional)                                                                   | 447.13                                                                                  |
| Total                                                                                   | Total                                                                                   | 4,494.16                                                                                |

## Annexure-I

## Annexure-II

## List of RCS Airports operationalized under the UDAN scheme (Total 93 Nos. including 20 Underserved and 73 Unserved airports)

|   S No. | State             | Airport                | Date of Operationalization   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa (Underserved)   | 27-April-2017                |
|       2 |                   | Kurnool (Unserved)     | 28-March 2021                |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tezu (Unserved)        | 15-August-2021               |
|       4 |                   | Passighat (Unserved)   | 24-May 2021                  |
|       5 |                   | Hollongi (Unserved)    | 15-January-2023              |
|       6 | Assam             | Jorhat (Underserved)   | 1-August-2018                |
|       7 |                   | Lilabari (Underserved) | 15-January-2019              |
|       8 |                   | Tezpur (Underserved)   | 26-April-2018                |
|       9 |                   | Rupsi (Unserved)       | 8-May 2021                   |

|   10. | Bihar        | Darbhanga (Unserved)           | 08-November- 2020   |
|-------|--------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|    11 |              | Purnea (Unserved)              | 15-September- 2025  |
|    12 | Chhattisgarh | Jagdalpur (Unserved)           | 14-June-2018        |
|    13 |              | Bilaspur (Unserved)            | 1-March-2021        |
|    14 |              | Ambikapur (Unserved)           | 19-December- 2024   |
|    15 | Daman &Diu   | Diu (Underserved)              | 24-February- 2018   |
|    16 | Gujarat      | Bhavnagar (Underserved)        | 1-May-2018          |
|    17 |              | Jamnagar (Underserved)         | 17-February- 2018   |
|    18 |              | Kandla (Unserved)              | 1-July-2017         |
|    19 |              | Keshod (Unserved)              | 16-April-2022       |
|    20 |              | Mundra (Unserved)              | 17-February- 2018   |
|    21 |              | Porbandar (Underserved)        | 10-July-2017        |
|    22 |              | Statue of Unity (W) (Unserved) | 31-October-2020     |

|   S No. | State            | Airport                              | Date of Operationalization   |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|      23 |                  | Sabarmati River Front (W) (Unserved) | 31-October-2020              |
|      24 | Haryana          | Hissar (Unserved)                    | 14-January-2021              |
|      25 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla (Unserved)                    | 27-April-2017                |
|      26 |                  | Kullu (Underserved)                  | 13-May-2019                  |
|      27 |                  | Mandi - Heliport (Unserved)          | 09-December- 2021            |
|      28 |                  | Rampur - Heliport (Unserved)         | 14-December- 2021            |
|      29 | Jharkhand        | Deoghar (Unserved)                   | 12-July-2022                 |
|      30 |                  | Jamshedpur (Unserved)                | 31-January-2023              |
|      31 | Karnataka        | Belgaum (Underserved)                | 1-May-2019                   |
|      32 |                  | Hubli (Underserved)                  | 14-May-2018                  |
|      33 |                  | Mysore (Unserved)                    | 2-September- 2017            |

|   34. |                | Vidyanagar (Unserved)           | 21-September- 2017   |
|-------|----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|    35 |                | Kalaburgi (Gulbarga) (Unserved) | 22-November- 2019    |
|    36 |                | Bidar (Unserved)                | 07-February- 2020    |
|    37 |                | Shivamogga (Unserved)           | 21-November- 2023    |
|    38 | Kerala         | Kannur (Unserved)               | 25-January-2019      |
|    39 | Lakshadweep    | Agatti (Underserved)            | 18-April-2024        |
|    40 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior (Underserved)           | 31-May-2017          |
|    41 | Madhya Pradesh | Rewa (Unserved)                 | 25-November- 2024    |
|    42 | Madhya Pradesh | Datia (Unserved)                | 31-May-2025          |
|    43 | Maharashtra    | Gondia (Unserved)               | 13-March-2022        |
|    44 |                | Jalgaon (Unserved)              | 23-December- 2017    |
|    45 |                | Kolhapur (Unserved)             | 8-April-2018         |
|    46 |                | Nanded (Unserved)               | 27-April-2017        |

|   47. | Ozar (Nasik) (Unserved)   | 23-December- 2017   |
|-------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|    48 | Sindhudurg (Unserved)     | 9-October-2021      |

|   S No. | State            | Airport                        | Date of Operationalization   |
|---------|------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|      49 |                  | Amravati (Unserved)            | 16-April-2025                |
|      50 | Manipur          | Jiribam Heliport (Unserved)    | 13-March-2024                |
|      51 | Manipur          | Tamenglong Heliport (Unserved) | 13-March-2024                |
|      52 | Meghalaya        | Shillong (Underserved)         | 26-April-2018                |
|      53 | Nagaland         | Dimapur (Underserved)          | 07-December- 2019            |
|      54 | Odisha           | Jharsuguda (Unserved)          | 22-September- 2018           |
|      55 |                  | Jeypore (Unserved)             | 03-August-2022               |
|      56 |                  | Rourkela (Unserved)            | 07-January-2023              |
|      57 |                  | Utkela (Unserved)              | 31-August-2023               |
|      58 | Pondicherry (UT) | Pondicherry (Underserved)      | 16-August-2017               |
|      59 | Punjab           | Adampur (Unserved)             | 1-May-2018                   |
|      60 |                  | Bhatinda (Unserved)            | 27-April-2017                |

| 61.   |               | Ludhiana (Unserved)         | 2-September- 2017          |
|-------|---------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 62.   |               | Pathankot (Unserved)        | 5-April-2018               |
| 63.   | Rajasthan     | Bikaner (Unserved)          | 26-September- 2017         |
| 64.   |               | Jaisalmer (Unserved)        | 29-October-2017            |
| 65.   |               | Kishangarh (Unserved)       | 8-October-2018             |
| 66.   | Sikkim        | Pakyong (Unserved)          | 4-October-2018             |
| 67.   | Tamil Nadu    | Salem (Unserved)            | 25-March-2018              |
| 68.   | Uttar Pradesh | Agra (Underserved)          | 8-December- 2017           |
| 69.   |               | Aligarh (Unserved)          | 11-March-2024              |
| 70.   |               | Azamgarh (Unserved)         | 11-March-2024              |
| 71.   |               | Bareilly (Unserved)         | 08-March-2021              |
| 72.   |               | Chitrakoot (Unserved)       | 12-March-2024              |
| 73.   |               | Moradabad (Unserved)        | 10-August-2024             |
| 74.   |               | Prayagraj (Underserved)     | 14-June-2018               |
| 75.   |               | Kanpur (Chakeri) (Unserved) | 3-July-2018                |
| S No. | State         | Airport                     | Date of Operationalization |
| 76.   |               | Hindon (Unserved)           | 11-October-2019            |

|   77. |             | Shravasti (Unserved)                | 12-March-2024     |
|-------|-------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------|
|    78 |             | Kushinagar (Unserved)               | 26-November- 2021 |
|    79 | Uttarakhand | Pantnagar (Underserved)             | 4-January-2019    |
|    80 |             | Pithoragarh (Unserved)              | 17-January-2019   |
|    81 |             | Sahastradhara - Heliport (Unserved) | 08-February- 2020 |
|    82 |             | Chinyalisaur - Heliport (Unserved)  | 08-February- 2020 |
|    83 |             | Gaucher - Heliport(Unserved)        | 08-February- 2020 |
|    84 |             | New Tehri - Heliport(Unserved)      | 29-July-2020      |
|    85 |             | Srinagar - Heliport(Unserved)       | 29-July-2020      |
|    86 |             | Haldwani - Heliport(Unserved)       | 8-October-2021    |
|    87 |             | Almora - Heliport (Unserved)        | 26-August-2022    |
|    88 |             | Champawat - Heliport(Unserved)      | 22-February- 2024 |
|    89 |             | Munsyari - Heliport (Unserved)      | 22-February- 2024 |
|    90 |             | Nainital - Heliport (Unserved)      | 12-March-2025     |

|   91. |             | Bageshwar - Heliport (Unserved)   | 12-March-2025     |
|-------|-------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|    92 | West Bengal | Cooch Behar (Unserved)            | 21-February- 2023 |
|    93 | West Bengal | Durgapur (Underserved)            | 25-June-2019      |