Some answers can be found in tender documents issued by Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) which runs the heli-tourism wing for and on behalf of the Uttarakhand state government.
India’s pilgrimage business is booming, with choppers for the rich and dorm beds for the poor. But the days of wooing foreigners to the Taj, Jaisalmer, and Palace on Wheels are over.
The Uttar Pradesh administration has turned Kumbh from a rural, bottom-of-the-pyramid phenomenon into an elite experience. Even the deadly 29 January stampede hasn’t dulled the sheen.
Mathura-Vrindavan has become a weekend hotspot for influencers. From parikrama to paragliding, it’s all fodder for reels, but some residents aren’t happy. ‘We want devotion, not crowds.’
For far too long, an influential section of Indian society has regarded culture, tradition and religion as 'opium of the people'. Modi govt is changing the view.
J&K BJP election in-charge Avinash Khanna has written to Governor Satya Pal Malik & Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel seeking help to develop religious sites.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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