The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on March 7, 2019 approved the extension of time and scope for revival and development of un-served and under-served air strips of State Governments, Airports Authority of India (AAI), Civil enclaves, CPSUs, helipads and water aerodromes.
The revival of these un-served and under-served air strips will be carried out at the total cost of Rs 4500 crore with the budgetary support of the Union Government under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik).
Impact
Small cities and towns will be connected on commencement of operation of flights to under-served and un-served airports.
It will boost the economic development of these areas as well as surrounding areas in terms of job creation and related infrastructure development.
Developments under the RCS-UDAN Scheme
• The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation received overwhelming response from the airlines in two rounds of bidding held so far under the RCS - UDAN.
• In the first round of UDAN bidding, 128 routes were assigned to five airline operators for 43 un-served/underserved airports/airstrips on March 31, 2017.
• In second round of UDAN bidding, the response from airline operators considerably improved wherein 86 proposals involving 325 routes were awarded to 15 selected airline operators in January 2018.
• During the UDAN version 1.0 & 2.0, 66 airports and 31 heliports (28 unserved heliports and 3 unserved airports) were identified.
• During UDAN version 3.0, tourism routes in coordination with Ministry of Tourism; and Seaplanes for connecting Water Aerodromes were included to increase the tourism potential at the coastal areas.
08/03/19 Rupali Pruthi/Jagran Josh
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The revival of these un-served and under-served air strips will be carried out at the total cost of Rs 4500 crore with the budgetary support of the Union Government under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik).
Impact
Small cities and towns will be connected on commencement of operation of flights to under-served and un-served airports.
It will boost the economic development of these areas as well as surrounding areas in terms of job creation and related infrastructure development.
Developments under the RCS-UDAN Scheme
• The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation received overwhelming response from the airlines in two rounds of bidding held so far under the RCS - UDAN.
• In the first round of UDAN bidding, 128 routes were assigned to five airline operators for 43 un-served/underserved airports/airstrips on March 31, 2017.
• In second round of UDAN bidding, the response from airline operators considerably improved wherein 86 proposals involving 325 routes were awarded to 15 selected airline operators in January 2018.
• During the UDAN version 1.0 & 2.0, 66 airports and 31 heliports (28 unserved heliports and 3 unserved airports) were identified.
• During UDAN version 3.0, tourism routes in coordination with Ministry of Tourism; and Seaplanes for connecting Water Aerodromes were included to increase the tourism potential at the coastal areas.
08/03/19 Rupali Pruthi/Jagran Josh
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