The Govt. has “operationalized” 74 airports, some of which had been lying unutilized for decades. MoCA operationalized 12 Airports in the country since 2015 under the Greenfield Airports Policy 2008 only 3 greenfield airports were built in the last 65 years said Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation & Steel, Govt. of India.
More than 1.23 crore people and 2.23 lakh flights have flown under the UDAN scheme – the possibility of which was NIL during the UPA regime. The UDAN scheme is also the sole reason behind the birth of many regional airlines that cater to such routes.
These developments have involved incurring of unprecedented capital investment – almost Rs 75,000 crore in the last 10 years – which is directly linked to the growth of employment in the country .
