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Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Civil Aviation – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
ভারত সরকার প্রকল্পের নোট – নাগরিক বিমান পরিবহন মন্ত্রক – WBCS পরীক্ষা।
1. UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)
• UDAN is an innovative scheme to develop the regional aviation market. It is a market-based mechanism in which airlines bid for seat subsidies.Continue Reading Government Of India Scheme Notes – Ministry Of Civil Aviation – For W.B.C.S. Examination.
• This first-of-its-kind scheme globally will create affordable yet economically
viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes
affordable to the common man even in small towns.
• The scheme would be in operation for a period of 10 years.
• The UDAN scheme will be applicable on flights which cover between 200 km and 800 km with no lower limit set for hilly, remote, islands and regions which are security sensitive.
• The state governments would reap the benefit of development of remote
areas; enhance trade and commerce and more tourism expansion.
• The scheme provides connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country through revival of existing air-strips and airports.
• The operators could seek a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) apart from getting
various concessions.
• The scheme aims to boost air travel in Tier II and Tier III cities by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per one hour flight.
• The Airports Authority of India is the implementing authority of the scheme.
• As per the scheme, the Union Government will subsidise the losses incurred by airlines flying out of dormant airports.
• About 80% of the subsidy will be collected by charging a levy of up to Rs. 8,500 on each departing flight of domestic airlines and the rest 20% will come from the respective state governments.
• State government are bound to provide free security and fire service and
utilities at concessional rates.
2. Digi Yatra
• Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has released policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports called Digi Yatra.
• With this initiative, ticket booking, airport entry and boarding pass security check-in will be made digital.
• The initiative seeks to promote paperless and hassle-free air travel. It will be operational by end of February, 2019 at Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports. In later phase, Airports Authority of India (AAI) will roll out this initiative at
Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada airports by April 2019.
• Under it, there will be one-time verification at departure airport while travelling for first time using ID. After successful verification, facial recognition biometric will be captured and stored in Digi Yatra ID.
• For this system, passengers will be registered through centralized system and will be given Digi Travel ID. This ID will include details such as names of passengers, their e-mail id, mobile number and any other identity card in case of non-basis. Travelers can also use this ID when booking tickets.
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