Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister, has said that 100 more airports will be developed by 2025 to support the UDAN scheme. Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Ms. Sitharaman said ₹1.7 lakh crore has been provided for transport infrastructure in 2020-21.
She also said 150 trains will run under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode, also four stations will be redeveloped with the help of the private sector. Besides, the Minister promised more Tejas type trains to connect tourist destinations.
She said a proposal for setting up large solar power capacity alongside rail track is under consideration.
The government-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) operates 126 airports and civil enclaves out of a total of 449 airports and airstrips located throughout the country. One hundred 100 airports/aerodromes receive regular commercial flights. The government-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) operates 126 airports and civil enclaves out of a total of 449 airports and airstrips located throughout India. 100 airports/aerodromes receive regular commercial flights.
UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is a regional airport development and ‘Regional Connectivity Scheme’ (RCS) of the Government of India, with the objective of “letting the common citizen of the country fly”, aimed at making air travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive national economic development, job growth and air transport infrastructure development of all regions and states of India.
