Centre cuts down the budget allocation for the Ministry of Civil Aviation from Rs 2,658.68 crore allocated in the revised budget for 2024-25 to Rs 2,400.31 crore for 2025-26.
Junior civil aviation minister Jayant Sinha told Rajya Sabha that 6 routes awarded under UDAN had been cancelled due to ‘non-performance’ or ‘poor performance’.
Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
A dumb move by the Union govt.
Most of the UDAN airports built in the Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities are barely functional. Some are even lying unused. Most UDAN flight routes, initiated with much fanfare, are no longer operational. All of this is simply due to false projections made in the Detailed Project Reports (DPR).
Given this situation, any sensible govt would wish to take a hard look at the UDAN scheme and it’s continued viability.
Similar is the situation with the metro projects across the nation.
A dumb move by the Union govt.
Most of the UDAN airports built in the Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities are barely functional. Some are even lying unused. Most UDAN flight routes, initiated with much fanfare, are no longer operational. All of this is simply due to false projections made in the Detailed Project Reports (DPR).
Given this situation, any sensible govt would wish to take a hard look at the UDAN scheme and it’s continued viability.
Similar is the situation with the metro projects across the nation.