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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicUdan Scheme

Topic: Udan Scheme

Darbhanga to Deoghar, small towns are dreaming big with UDAN airports. With some turbulence

PM Modi's ambitious UDAN scheme, launched in 2016, has introduced 517 new flying routes and 76 airports in small towns and cities over the past 7 years. But flight path has been bumpy.

‘No UDAN, only lies,’ Kharge hits out at Modi govt over CAG report on air connectivity scheme

One key finding CAG report that Kharge also mentioned, is that as of March 2023, of 774 awarded routes under UDAN, only 7% could sustain operations beyond 3-year concession period.

16 airports built under regional connectivity scheme unused, says govt. Most in Gujarat & Punjab

Minister of state for civil aviation told Lok Sabha that airlines plan flights on routes based on market demand & commercial feasibility, over which aviation ministry has no jurisdiction.

Government to launch Krishi Udan scheme to transport agricultural goods by air

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget announced the Krishi UDAN scheme which is aimed at helping farmers' income double by 2022.

PM Modi inaugurates airport, lays foundation stone for another in Arunachal Pradesh

The PM inaugurated the Tezu airport, which will become functional at a cost of Rs 125 crore.

Narendra Modi’s pet UDAN scheme crawls in Maharashtra — the first state to sign up for it

Nearly two-and-a-half years after Maharashtra signed up for UDAN, only two routes are operational.

Honeywell plans to decode 100 accents in India to ensure safer flights

At the behest of the govt, Honeywell is developing software that will decipher accents and automatically transcribe what’s said for air traffic controllers.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.