Boost to Agri-Products transportation: Centre Launches Krishi Udan 2.0 Scheme

New Delhi, October 28: In a bid to assist the farmers by giving a push to transportation of 'Agriculture Products', Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia launched Krishi UDAN 2.0 scheme. The government's Krishi UDAN scheme proposes to facilitate and incentivize the movement of Agri-produce by air transportation.

 

 

Krishi UDAN 2.0 lays out the vision of improving value realisation through better integration and optimization of agri-harvesting and air transportation and contributing to agri-value chain sustainability and resilience under different and dynamic conditions, the Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.

 

Scindia while launching the scheme said, "Krishi UDAN 2.0 will help solve the problem of wastage of agricultural food wastes in the country. Krishi UDAN 2.0 is an example of this government’s collaborative approach towards policy making. This scheme will open up new avenues of growth for the agriculture sector and help attain the goal of doubling farmers' income by removing barriers in the supply chain, logistics, and transportation of farm produce."

 

 

 

Talking about the endeavor to accomplish convergence between the two important but diverse areas in India's economic roadmap i.e. Agriculture and Aviation, the Civil Aviation Minister said, "We want to take the Anndata to the highest level, by adopting the model of A2A – Agriculture to Aviation. The convergence between the two sectors is possible because of 3 primary reasons – Evolutionary possible use of biofuel for aircraft in the future, use of drones in the agriculture sector, and greater integration and value realisation of agricultural products through schemes like Krishi UDAN".

The enhanced version of the Krishi UDAN scheme was formulated with support from AAICLAS - a 100 percent subsidiary of the Airports Authority of India and Invest India, India’s national Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

 

Under Krishi UDAN 2.0 scheme, the Ministry of Civil Aviation will be providing a full waiver on landing, parking, terminal navigation, and landing charges, and route navigation facilities' charges for domestic airlines. The Krishi UDAN 2.0 will be implemented at 53 airports across the country mainly focusing on Northeast and tribal regions and is likely to benefit farmers, freight forwarders, and airlines, the ministry said.

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