[TNPSC Geography Study Materials] UDAN Scheme

UDAN

UDAN - Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (Common Man should fly)

It is the central govt's regional air connectivity scheme to connect the country's underserved and unserved airport.

Underserved and Unserved airports

• Underserved - airports which do no have more than one flight a day
• Unserved - airports which do no have operations

Scheme

• Under this Scheme the fare will be capped to Rs 2500 for flight journey less than 1 hr and 500 kms.
• The losses incurred by the flight operators will be provided by the Viability gap funding and other tax concessions.
• In order to fund the Viability gap funding a regional connectivity fund will be created which will get fund from RCF levy charged from certain domestic flights.
• The centre and state share - 80:20.
• Aims to increase passengers from 80 million to 300 million by 2022. 
• Subsidy will be provided for the selected route for a period of 3 years.
• The airticket fares under this scheme will be revised quarterly (once in 3 months).

Udan scheme will help the potential remote airports to revive. It will also reduce the travel time to the remote areas in the country.