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The Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 was given away by the Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to the UDAN team lead by Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, MoCA in presence of Secretary, MoCA, Rajiv Bansal and Chairman, Airport Authority of India, Sanjeev Kumar.
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation will receive the award on Apr 21; on Civil Service Day. A special event has been organized at Vigyan Bhawan on the occasion of Civil Service Day, where the representative of the ministry will be felicitated with the award.
Boost to Agri-Products transportation: Centre Launches Krishi Udan 2.0 Scheme
Boosting tourism in the hilly region, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindhia flagged off Heli services at Jollygrant Airport on Friday. This new beginning with 18 new heli routes will help connect the hilly areas of the state in addition to 3 new routes on Dehradun-Pithoragarh-Dehradun, Pithoragarh-Hindon-Pithoragarh and Pantnagar-Pithoragarh-Pantnagar sector. The new terminal building is spread across a wide area and will be able to handle 1200 passengers during peak hours by expanding the capacity
Inauguration of these routes achieves the aim of the "Sab Uden Sab Juden" initiatives under the UDAN scheme to strengthen the established aerial network of the country while providing a catalyst to the local economy and tourism.
Driving a major push to air connectivity in the Northeast, the Guwahati airport is set to further be linked to international destinations of Yangon, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur and Kathmandu. The Union Government on Wednesday invited bids for the same under its UDAN scheme.
Day by day our air transport and regional connectivity is seeing a good rise as 12 routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (or UdeDesh ka AamNaagrik /UDAN in Hindi) have recently become functional. This takes the total operational routes under UDAN to 186 (including 8 Tourism RCS routes) of the total 706 sanctioned Routes. Also, Durgapur airport is the 40th airport to become functional under the scheme.
The dream of international flight in the affordable prize will fulfill in near future, as the Government of India is finalizing the procedure of the 3rd phase of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme.
The idea of air connectivity through UDAAN is going to be a reality backed by the PM’s vision to let everyone fly. We further also want to establish new 100 airports constituting 65 bn dollars of investment. These projects are inline and set to be a reality soon.”, assured the Aviation minister Suresh Prabhu in an interview clearing the objectives of the upcoming ceremony Global Aviation Summit 2019.
Connecting distance, UDAN scheme has given wings by playing a significant role in fanning India’s double digit traffic growth. And now it is ready to help the "Aam Nagrik" dream about international flights, too. The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has cleared an international air connectivity scheme that will connect Guwahati airport with seven neighbouring countries.
Gifting the serene beauty Sikkim its first airport, the Pakyong airport, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that with this India has created a century in regards to building airport giving major thrust to tourism in the state. PM Modi gifted Sikkim airport to the people of the state which will be operational from October 4, giving a boost to tourism and employment.
With the launch of UDAN scheme, the aviation industry has seen a considerable high note in the sector. Viewing the increasing high note and affordability to air travelers, the central government unveiled a draft scheme for extending the affordable air travel programme UDAN to international circuits envisages increasing the international ticketing to 20 crore by 2027.
Resuming its flight services, air operator Air Deccan confirmed restarting their services in Maharashtra after a span of one year due to shortage of pilots and aircraft issues.
The much-awaited flight service between Salem and Chennai resumed on Sunday after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan flagged off the first service under Centre's regional connectivity scheme 'UDAN’
Continuing the slew of developmental works in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday flagged-off the maiden Ahmedabad-Mundra (Kutch) intra-state flight service introduced by Air Odisha in Ahmedabad.
The government awarded 325 routes to airlines as well as helicopter operators under its regional connectivity scheme (RCS) with an emphasis on enhancing flight services to hilly and remote areas, including Kargil.
