NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Wednesday said 50 new airports, helipads and aerodromes will be built to improve regional connectivity. This announcement came a day after the President Droupadi Murmu said in her first speech in Parliament that India is the third largest civil aviation market. She also said that number of airports has risen from 74 in 2014 to 147 at present.
