The scheme aims to provide efficient, timely, and cost-effective air transportation for all agricultural products, with a focus on those from the country’s North-East, hilly, and tribal areas. According to information provided by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (Dr) V K Singh in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, 58 airports have so far been included in the Krishi Udan 2.0 scheme. The scheme aims to provide efficient, timely, and cost-effective air transportation for all agricultural products, with a focus on those from the country’s North-East, hilly, and tribal area:
5 More Airports Added
The pilot project, which lasted nearly six months, initially included 53 airports. Following that, five more airports were added, bringing the total number of covered airports to 58. The entire list of the airports includes – Adampus, Agartala, Agatti, Agra, Amritsar, Bagclogra, Bareti, Bhuj, Bhuntar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Dirapur, Gaggal, Goa, Gorakhpur, Hindon, Imphal, Indore, laisalmer, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kanpur, Kolkata, Leh, Lengpui, Lilabari, Nashik, Pakyong, Pantnagar, Pathankot, Patna, Pithoragarh, Port-Blair, Prayagraj, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rupsi, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Srinagar, Tezpur, Tezu, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam, Belagavi, Bhopal, Darbhanga, Jabalpur and Jharsuguda.
Here’s all that you need to know about Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0:
The Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 was rolled out on October 27, 2021, improving on previous provisions and focusing primarily on the transportation of perishable food items from mountainous regions Eastern States, and inbalterntones. In order to facilitate and encourage the movement of products by air transportation, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) offers full waivers of Landing, Parking, Terminal Navigational Landing Charges (TNLC), and Route Navigation Facility Charges (RNFC) for Indian freighters and P2C (Passenger-to-Cargo) Aircraft.
Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI Organized ‘Stakeholder Evaluation Workshop on Krishi UDAN 2.0’
In addition to 28 airports in other regions/areas, the project primarily includes approximately 25 airports in the North Eastern, Hilly, and Tribal regions. Following the evaluation of Krishi Udan 2.0, five new airports were added, bringing the total to 58. The Krishi Udan Scheme will pool the resources and existing programmes of eight Ministries or Departments, including the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy, the Department of Fisheries, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the Department of Commerce, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and the Ministry of Development of the North-Eastern Region.
However, no specific budgetary allocation for the scheme exists at this time.
The primary goal of the Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 is to increase the proportion of agricultural goods moved by air in the mix of modes that also includes horticulture, fisheries, livestock, and processed goods. The programme assists farmers in transporting their produce to increase the value of their output.
