Aviation: Laying runway for sector’s take-off
Coming in the wake of the challenges posed by Covid-19, the 100-day plan announced by the civil aviation ministry recently is a part of the Centre’s agenda to tap the full potential of India’s aviation sector. Modernising and expanding airports, boosting the Udaan and the Krishi Udaan schemes, simplifying aircraft leasing, incentivising maintenance, repairs and operations (MROs), linking MROs with MSMEs, and enabling defence-civil convergence on aerospace technology are among the important features of this agenda.
The 100-day plan needs to be seen against the backdrop of the‘Lifeline Udan’ flights launched last year, which transported 1,000 tons of essential cargo to remote parts of the country. Entailing an allocation of
