In 2016, the Modi government launched a flight scheme to provide air services to the common citizens and small cities of the country. It is a government scheme launched to provide air services in all areas of India. The objective of this scheme is to promote air connectivity in different corners of the country, especially in areas where there is a lack of rail, road and other means of transport. Under this scheme, the government is emphasizing on providing air services at low prices.
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Due to this scheme, the government encourages private and public air service operators to start air services at existing air routes and airports in the country. Under the scheme, rural people of the country are encouraged to sit in airplanes at low prices so that the common citizens of the country can also enjoy air travel at cheap prices. Flight Plan 4. Selection of 78 new air routes for low cost flights in
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has also launched the 5th round of the flight scheme on 21 April 2023. Earlier, the scheme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 June 2016 and on 27 April 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme by flagging the first local flight between Delhi and Shimla. Udaan means ordinary citizen of a country. In this scheme, the cost of air travel has been fixed at the rate of Rs 2500 per hour. It is expected that the use of this scheme of the government will promote the use of helicopters.
A large number of passengers are also expected to come. In such a situation, the number of existing helicopters in India may increase. Currently India has about 280 civil helicopters, which are used in many areas. Under the previous stage of Jana, 46 helicopter routes have been operated so far, which cover many hills and northeastern states.
The Parliamentary Committee said that the number of air passengers traveling under the regional connectivity under the flight scheme was 33 lakh in 2021-22, which has come down to only 20 lakhs in the financial year 2022-23 till 31 January 2023. The committee has asked the Ministry of Civil Aviation the reason for the decline in the number of passengers traveling under the flight plan. The committee has also asked the ministry to give a plan to increase the number of passengers under the scheme to 30 lakhs under the scheme in 2023-24. The committee said in its report that in 2017-18, the number of passengers traveling under the Regional Passenger Scheme was 3 lakhs.
Which increased to 12 lakhs in 2018-19. In 2019-20, 31 lakh people benefited from this scheme. In 2020-21, the number of passengers has come down to 1.5 million. But in 2021-22, this number increased to 33 lakhs again. But 2022-23 saw a decline in the number and it was only 20 lakhs.
